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YOGA - Caste & Unholy Distortions Hijack a Timeless Tradition

Is a PhD a sign of a Caste System? Because it is akin to saying that Columbia University has a caste system if it asks for qualifications to enrol in a PhD. 

Rao puts up her cocky ignorance for open display and conjures a term, “yoga caste system.”  It shows that she has no idea of the spiritual and scholarly aspect of yoga or the painstaking training undertaken by yogis to achieve elevated spiritual energy and experiential understanding of the yogic principles.

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The Tyranny of DEI Continues: CasteFiles Condemns Peter Navarro’s Misguided Woke Remarks on “Brahmin Profiteering”

By invoking “Brahmin profiteering” in his recent statement about India, Peter Navarro, senior counselor for trade and manufacturing to President Donald Trump, has not only attacked a country but also transmitted a harmful message against millions of Indian Americans who work tirelessly to strengthen the U.S. economy.

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Federal Investigation into BAPS Case Concludes with No Findings of Wrongdoing

The DOJ investigation, which began following a widely publicized 2021 raid at the BAPS Mandir in Robbinsville, New Jersey, had been cited as the reason for a federal court order staying civil litigation filed the same year. The lawsuit, filed by a group of plaintiffs in May 2021, alleged violations under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and related claims.

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Happy Birthday CasteFiles

Castefiles is officially one year old, and what a year it has been! Here are the highlights

Castefiles is officially one year old, and what a year it has been. Your support has been invaluable, and we sincerely appreciate your appreciation, the shoutouts, the outreach on social media, and of course, the dollars that keep us going.

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"Race & Caste are Damned Lies ! " says Famed Diversity Educator Jane Elliot at the Castecon

Jane Elliott presents her worldview on DEI in the LandMark Castecon

 "I'm going to irritate everyone in this room. Number one, race and caste are both damn lies. It is unacceptable to consider caste anymore and to consider race anymore. The word race to mean a specific group of people came out of France in 1580. People say to me, it's been going on forever. Why are you trying to fight this? It hasn't been going on forever. It has been going on since 1580, people that’s less than 500 years. Read more -

A landmark first-of-a-kind conference Castecon 2023 was held in San Francisco, convened by Pandit Satish Sharma and Richa Gautam with the le

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'Don't Let Anyone Divide You. Fight Ignorance About Yourself' says African-American Network Stalwart Mama Dee at Castecon

Built on Slavery and Segregation, the History of America is Racial and Biracial

As part of the ‘Each One Teach One’ program that we teach, we teach about culture. We teach about appreciation of the differences that we have. We teach about customs and religions, and that they are not a threat to the United States of America because guess what, in 1619 and before that, Africans were brought to this country to build it. And in the process of building, you have what you call today “Biracial”. Many of us are biracial, right? I also have Islanders in my veins.

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Bihar Caste Survey I - A Benevolent Step or a Political Spell?

A controversial caste survey conducted by the Bihar Government triggers memories of the contentious Mandal era and the formation of new voting blocs. In reviving caste politics under the guise of social justice, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar harks back to another divided landscape, that led to lost decades of India's economic journey. Starting with this primer, Castefiles will publish a series of explainers on the implications of the survey, and the attempt at reviving the ghost of Mandal and identitarian politics that has hobbled India over decades. Read more -

Bihar Caste Survey I - A Benevolent Step or a Political Spell?

A controversial caste survey conducted by the Bihar Government triggers memories of the contentious Mandal era and the formation of new voti

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Bihar Caste Survey III - Breaching the Rubicon of Reservations

A controversial caste survey conducted by the Bihar Government triggers memories of the contentious Mandal era and the formation of new voting blocs. Just as Pew Research suggested, the Bihar Caste survey reveals that poverty in Bihar has no significant skews and is largely caste agnostic. This is the third in a series of explainers by Castefiles discusses how the data reveals more than what Social Justice Warriors bargained for. Read more - https://castefiles.com/Bihar-Caste-Survey-III-Breaching-the-Rubicon-of-Reservations