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Welcome to Caste Files, where we are passionate about challenging the pervasive and toxic labeling of Caste that has entered our lexicon globally. We believe that there is an alternative viewpoint that has been silenced on radios, TV channels, and news portals. Our goal is to be the voice of the subaltern viewpoint.

CasteFiles Condemns Peter Navarro’s Misguided Woke Remarks on “Brahmin Profiteering"

Caste Files15 Sep, 2025News

CasteFiles expresses serious concern that Mr. Navarro’s comments echo dangerous propaganda narratives that encourage inimical forces that seek to malign Indian Americans, weaken the community, and destabilize U.S.–India relations. Repeating their talking points undermines not only Indian Americans but also President Trump’s broader vision for restoring fairness and accountability.

CasteFiles Hails Rutgers’ Decision to Reject Flawed Caste-Based Policy Recommendations by Caste Task

Caste Files28 Feb, 2025Other

CasteFiles strongly believes that caste is a sensitive and divisive topic, particularly for Indian Americans and the broader South Asian community. Its inclusion as a standalone category in university policies perpetuates colonial frameworks and impedes post-colonial and decolonial discourse. Furthermore, caste-based surveys, as demonstrated by flawed studies like those by Equality Labs, are prone to unscientific methodologies, leading questions, and biased conclusions.

Caste and Misconceptions: The NCRI Report’s Alarming Findings on DEI

Caste Files28 Feb, 2025Other

The NCRI report on caste reveals critical flaws in understanding and addressing caste dynamics in the U.S. Based on a study of 847 participants, most lacking lived or anecdotal experience with caste, the findings highlight how Equality Labs’ materials promote perceptions of bias and microaggressions. Instead of fostering unity and equality, these interventions create division and prejudice, particularly against perceived “upper caste” individuals. The report underscores the need for more objective, informed approaches to achieving genuine social harmony and inclusivity.

NCRI Study Validates CasteFiles, Echoes Concern Over Harmful Caste and Race Workshops

Caste Files14 Jan, 2025News

CasteFiles, a leading voice advocating for the fair and balanced treatment of identity issues, has expressed profound validation following the release of a landmark study by the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI). The study, titled Instructing Animosity, underscores concern long raised by CasteFiles about the divisive and counterproductive impact of certain Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) workshops focused on caste and race narratives. Gautam also highlighted CasteGate.org, a whistleblower platform that challenged the media’s handling of high-profile cases, including the now-dismissed caste discrimination lawsuit against two Hindu American managers at Cisco. “Despite the dismissal, media outlets continued to treat baseless allegations as facts, ignoring evidence presented by investigative platforms like ours,” she added.

Caste and Misconceptions: The NCRI Report’s Alarming Findings on DEI

Caste Files14 Jan, 2025News

The NCRI report on caste reveals critical flaws in understanding and addressing caste dynamics in the U.S. Based on a study of 847 participants, most lacking lived or anecdotal experience with caste, the findings highlight how Equality Labs’ materials promote perceptions of bias and microaggressions. Instead of fostering unity and equality, these interventions create division and prejudice, particularly against perceived "upper caste" individuals. The report underscores the need for more objective, informed approaches to achieving genuine social harmony and inclusivity.

CasteFiles Condemns South Asian Bar Association (SABA) For Platforming Anti-Semitism And Hinduphobia

Caste Files14 Oct, 2024News

On August 7th, 2024, the Philadelphia Bar Association (PBA) held an event titled “A Crash Course on Caste” presented by Professor Sonja Thomas and the South Asian Bar Association (SABA). Legal and constitutional experts have already weighed in on this topic and cited caste as a troublesome terminology given its complex history.

Rethinking Representation: Confronting Academic and Media Bias Against the Indian Americans

Caste Files14 Oct, 2024News

Academic and media bias against the Hindu community is creating dangerous and misleading narratives that threaten their safety and dignity. This article exposes how South Asian studies departments and media outlets selectively target Hindus and India while ignoring similar issues in other countries. It highlights the alarming rise of Hindu phobia, underscored by recent tragic deaths within the Indian-origin community. The piece argues for greater accountability in academia and journalism, calling out the misuse of academic freedom to spread misinformation and hate. It urges responsible scholarship and demands corrections to factually flawed narratives that harm marginalized communities.

Deelip Mhaske Recruits Sadaf Jaffer to Become New Jersey's Aisha Wahab

Caste Files29 Apr, 2024News

As SB403 comes unraveled and Wahab faces the heat of a recall campaign, there seems to be an attempt to activate the East Coast Caste policy invective. Deelip Mhaske takes over the mantle of Equality Labs. Castefiles will run a series of articles to expose the new Dalit Diva

Hindus Must Get Politically Engaged ; Learn To Fight Back!

Caste Files12 Apr, 2024News

Hindu community leader in the UK, Pandit Satish K Sharma, and Indian American activist and researcher Richa Gautam joined hands with a group of community grassroots members for holding a landmark conference Castecon 2023 in San Francisco. The first event of its kind, Castecon 2023 brought together a number of important voices in the Indian American community against the Caste Bill SB403. The event went a long way in laying out the current and future challenges for the Indian American community, especially the weaponisation of a non-issue like caste. Castefiles will publish a series of articles culling insight from the speakers at Castecon 2023 with excerpts from speeches. The articles will hopefully lay the basis for the community's strategy to meet the challenges of the future.

SB403 Has Distinct Origin in Doctrine of Discovery

Caste Files14 Mar, 2024News

SB403 undermines harmony, has a basis in the Doctrine of Discovery. SB403 flies in the face of that, and yet it works on the basis of this Doctrine of Discovery. This is the doctrine that your countryman ? Jaber Sutherland referred to when he tendered a poem. It was a poem written by a colleague of his called ? Shadwell.