Interventions

Deep Dive: Caste Litigation in the USA

A reading list of long-form reporting and analysis on the caste discrimination cases moving through United States courts.

An appeal to share your experience of everyday casteism in the USA

An appeal for accounts of everyday casteism in the USA, the covert practices that produce social segregation without ever being nameable in public.

Misrepresentation of SB 403 explained

Point-by-point answers to the claims made against California SB 403, from "existing law already covers it" to "it profiles Hindus and Indian Americans".

• Concluded October 7, 2023

YES on SB 403

California Senate Bill 403 would have added caste to the list of protected categories in state civil rights law. AKSC campaigned for it through both chambers of the Legislature.

• Concluded October 7, 2023

FAQ about the BAPS Case

Frequently asked questions about the exploitation of Dalit workers building the BAPS temple in Robbinsville, New Jersey, and the charges brought against the organisation.

India's Farm Bills and Agrarian Crisis: Discussion Series

A discussion series on the three farm laws passed in September 2020 and the protests that brought close to 300,000 farmers to Delhi.

Cisco Caste Discrimination — News coverage list

A running index of press coverage of the California Civil Rights Department's caste discrimination case against Cisco Systems.

Solidarity statement to end caste practices in Silicon Valley and the USA

After California sued Cisco Systems for caste discrimination, AKSC asked media, technology, academic and industry professionals to sign a statement ending caste practices in the USA.

Practice of Caste in USA: Discussion Series

A discussion series opened by the California lawsuit against Cisco Systems, on how caste is carried into the diaspora and concealed by presenting Indians in the USA as a monolith.

Practice of Caste in the USA: Share Your Testimony

An open call for testimonies, stories and descriptions of the practice of caste in the USA, opened in the weeks after the Cisco lawsuit was filed.

Memorandum to IIT Madras and the Ministry of Human Resources and Development on Institutional Murders

After the death of Ms. Fathima Lateef at IIT Madras, AKSC set out its demands to the institute's management and to the Ministry of Human Resources and Development.

Worldwide Protest on violence on Dalits at Bhima Koregaon, India

People of Indian descent across the USA, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and Oman protested the violence against Dalits who gathered peacefully at the Shaurya Stambha on 1 January 2018.

Mobilization to Stop Saffronisation of Indian History in California Textbooks

Ahead of the 9 November 2017 public hearing in Sacramento, AKSC mobilised against the attempt to replace Indian history with mythology in California's school textbooks.