The notion that the British introduced India's rigid caste system is false. Eighteenth-century Indian rulers, Brahmins, and ...

Written and directed by the exceptionally talented Ava DuVernay, the film — a masterful adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s bestselling book “Caste: The Origins of our Discontents” — unflinchingly ...

LOS ANGELES -- "Origin" is based on journalist Isabel Wilkerson's non-fiction book, "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents." It examines racism in America as an aspect of a caste system, based on ...

When filmmaker Ava DuVernay first read Isabel Wilkerson's 2020 book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, she was so stunned, she reread it twice. The bestselling book draws a line between India's ...

I met Minal at a retreat center in rural England in March 2023, and we became fast friends. We were there to attend a Buddhist course, with six other women from different parts of the world. Over the ...

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian government ...

While it’s doing a one-week qualifying run in New York and Los Angeles, the majority of audiences won’t be able to see Ava DuVernay’s “Origin” until January. Thankfully, Neon is giving them their ...

“We were told, ‘You probably shouldn’t do that.’ ‘That’s not going to work.’ But we did it anyway.” Ava DuVernay is smiling, but there’s a steeliness to her words. The director, writer and producer is ...

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah controversially declared Lingayat a separate religion, reigniting past allegations of community ...

In a week when would-be GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis told a CNN town hall, “The U.S. is not a racist country,” and his rival Nikki Haley told Fox News, “We’ve never been a racist country,” ...