ImmigrationImage via ShutterstockOrganizers are Mobilizing for Caste Protections in U.S. Institutions. Here's Why By Aswini Melekote Adding caste as a protected category ensures victims of casteism can report abuse and receive protection. Image via Shutterstock/ Sun_ShineA Place to Live: Women Lead a Struggle against Statelessness in KashmirBy Riyaz WaniWives of the former militants who arrived in Indian-administered Kashmir as part of a rehabilitation policy, are struggling for state recognition. Image via Shutterstock/ Mirza KadicPakistan's Undocumented Communities Struggle to Access COVID-19 VaccinesBy Haniya JavedAt present, a little over 3% of Pakistan’s population is vaccinated and vaccination statistics are expected to remain dismal for the migrant population in particular. Image via Shutterstock Sri Lanka's Proposed Face Veil Ban Sparks Anger and Disappointment By Munza Mushtaq"They claim that the decision to ban the niqab or burqa is due to security reasons, but I personally feel this is baseless."Image via Shutterstock The Rampant Sexual Harassment of COVID Aid Workers By Mehk ChakrabortyThis scale of gender based violence in India was visibly on the rise since early 2020. Image via Manoej Paateel/Shutterstock How India’s Farmers’ Protests Ushered Political Awareness Among North Indian WomenBy Raksha Kumar When it comes to protests, though, women refused to linger in the background. Azad's family members pose for the picture. Image via Aas MohammadSeeing Chandrashekhar Aazad Through His People’s Eyes By Aas MohammadChandra Shekhar Azad was featured as an emerging leader in 2021's TIME 100 Next. We spoke to his friends and family to understand how his community has influenced his rise to prominence. Cremation Ghat, Ganga Barraje, Bijnore. Image via Aas MohammadNo Masks, No Gloves: How Dalit Cremation Workers are Navigating COVID-19 By Aas MohammadCremation workers continue to provide crucial service to their communities as discrimination intensifies. Image via Wikimedia CommonsThe Van Gujjars’ Dilemma By Aas MohammadNomadic tribal communities in Northern India have to decide to defend ancestral living or accept seemingly inevitable urbanization Image via ShutterstockThe Grim Reality of Caste Based Sexual Violence By Elizabeth Soumya Caste norms and traditions of untouchability have translated to violence for the simplest reasons.Image via Nikka MalodHow Dalit People are Reclaiming Land in PunjabBy Elizabeth Soumya 'Land is so vast, now there's also a small portion for us. We will not let it be lost.'Image via Unsplash The Significance of Dalit-driven Media in NepalBy Riya Talitha "We don’t have media … we need our own media established by the community."Image via Raksha Kumar 'It is more than just losing our homes'By Raksha Kumar The burden of saving India’s forests has fallen on forest-dwelling Adivasis.Image via Flickr/ UN Women/Allison Joyce'The Entire World Knows Our Name'By Imrul Islam The first Rohingya families reached Chicago in 2012, and by 2016, the community had grown to almost 1,500. Image via Equality Labs/ Freedom RiosSouth Asians for Black Lives: A Call for Action, Accountability, and IntrospectionBy Thenmozhi Soundararajan A casteist mindset then easily becomes a racist mindset, as the learned behaviors of a graded inequality, focus on “merit” over structural realities, and criminalization of the “other” have already been normalized and are continuously reinforced in the South Asian psyche. Image via Unsplash South Asians Organize Rent Strikes as COVID-19 Continues to Ravage New York CityBy Meghna Rao Protests have increased in frequency with a new, more urgent need for South Asians to move into outward political action.
Image via ShutterstockOrganizers are Mobilizing for Caste Protections in U.S. Institutions. Here's Why By Aswini Melekote Adding caste as a protected category ensures victims of casteism can report abuse and receive protection.
Image via Shutterstock/ Sun_ShineA Place to Live: Women Lead a Struggle against Statelessness in KashmirBy Riyaz WaniWives of the former militants who arrived in Indian-administered Kashmir as part of a rehabilitation policy, are struggling for state recognition.
Image via Shutterstock/ Mirza KadicPakistan's Undocumented Communities Struggle to Access COVID-19 VaccinesBy Haniya JavedAt present, a little over 3% of Pakistan’s population is vaccinated and vaccination statistics are expected to remain dismal for the migrant population in particular.
Image via Shutterstock Sri Lanka's Proposed Face Veil Ban Sparks Anger and Disappointment By Munza Mushtaq"They claim that the decision to ban the niqab or burqa is due to security reasons, but I personally feel this is baseless."
Image via Shutterstock The Rampant Sexual Harassment of COVID Aid Workers By Mehk ChakrabortyThis scale of gender based violence in India was visibly on the rise since early 2020.
Image via Manoej Paateel/Shutterstock How India’s Farmers’ Protests Ushered Political Awareness Among North Indian WomenBy Raksha Kumar When it comes to protests, though, women refused to linger in the background.
Azad's family members pose for the picture. Image via Aas MohammadSeeing Chandrashekhar Aazad Through His People’s Eyes By Aas MohammadChandra Shekhar Azad was featured as an emerging leader in 2021's TIME 100 Next. We spoke to his friends and family to understand how his community has influenced his rise to prominence.
Cremation Ghat, Ganga Barraje, Bijnore. Image via Aas MohammadNo Masks, No Gloves: How Dalit Cremation Workers are Navigating COVID-19 By Aas MohammadCremation workers continue to provide crucial service to their communities as discrimination intensifies.
Image via Wikimedia CommonsThe Van Gujjars’ Dilemma By Aas MohammadNomadic tribal communities in Northern India have to decide to defend ancestral living or accept seemingly inevitable urbanization
Image via ShutterstockThe Grim Reality of Caste Based Sexual Violence By Elizabeth Soumya Caste norms and traditions of untouchability have translated to violence for the simplest reasons.
Image via Nikka MalodHow Dalit People are Reclaiming Land in PunjabBy Elizabeth Soumya 'Land is so vast, now there's also a small portion for us. We will not let it be lost.'
Image via Unsplash The Significance of Dalit-driven Media in NepalBy Riya Talitha "We don’t have media … we need our own media established by the community."
Image via Raksha Kumar 'It is more than just losing our homes'By Raksha Kumar The burden of saving India’s forests has fallen on forest-dwelling Adivasis.
Image via Flickr/ UN Women/Allison Joyce'The Entire World Knows Our Name'By Imrul Islam The first Rohingya families reached Chicago in 2012, and by 2016, the community had grown to almost 1,500.
Image via Equality Labs/ Freedom RiosSouth Asians for Black Lives: A Call for Action, Accountability, and IntrospectionBy Thenmozhi Soundararajan A casteist mindset then easily becomes a racist mindset, as the learned behaviors of a graded inequality, focus on “merit” over structural realities, and criminalization of the “other” have already been normalized and are continuously reinforced in the South Asian psyche.
Image via Unsplash South Asians Organize Rent Strikes as COVID-19 Continues to Ravage New York CityBy Meghna Rao Protests have increased in frequency with a new, more urgent need for South Asians to move into outward political action.