The inclusion of caste in its anti-discrimination policy by the California State Universities is as a major triumph for activists.

The California government used sections of the Civil Rights Act, which emerged out of the struggle against segregation, to file a lawsuit on grounds that a Dalit had been discriminated against by his 'upper' caste supervisors.

Prominent protestors at Times Square included Zohran Mamdani, housing counsellor and Democratic nominee for New York’s 36th assembly district.

A broad coalition of civil rights organisations from different religions lobbied against the proposed publicity.

Networks of upper caste professionals work in tandem to keep out those they see as inferior.

Social distancing during the novel coronavirus pandemic has seen a global spike in domestic violence. Accessing help can be particularly challenging for immigrant populations.

The desi LGBTQIA+ community in America traces its journey to create spaces for queer South Asians which began in 1986 with a California-based magazine called 'Trikone'. While the verdict has no legal impact on the South Asian diaspora, it may help queer Indians abroad convince their families that being gay is not a 'Western idea' as they seem to believe.

The number of Parsis is dwindling, which needs solutions like adoption and changing old fashioned notions of racial purity.