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Should the bill become law, it would mark a watershed in the history of human rights and civil rights in the US, not just for Americans of Indian and South Asian origin but also for stigmatized communities from other regions.
At the time of writing this piece, the California Senate Bill 403, which seeks to outlaw caste-based discrimination in the state, rests on governor Gavin Newsom’s desk waiting to be signed into law.
During its long journey to this point, the bill has been fiercely opposed by sections of Indian Americans and Hindu Americans who, with the support of Hindu far-right groups like the Hindu American Foundation and Coalition of Hindus of North America, have sought to kill the bill or to dilute it to the point of meaninglessness. Meanwhile, activists who have fought hard to secure the passage of …
It is surprising that governor Gavin Newsom should grant so much importance to the word of one caste-privileged Indian-American against the lived experiences of many.
The costs of an instrumental understanding of STEM at the expense of the humanities have been significant, not just in particular societies like India, the US or China, but for the world.
Voting powers at Alphabet and Meta have ensured that shareholder proposals on human rights concerns in India hardly make a dent; separately, Reliance-owned Fynd finds itself in the soup.
