The Caste Pod – ICLS Director Anu Rao featured on first episode
April 15, 2026 – Topics of Interest
What is caste? How does it work? How is it experienced? What have people done to perpetuate it, change it, abolish it? How has it traveled and taken root inside and outside of South Asia?
The Caste Pod assembles scholars, activists, community organizers, artists and others to tackle these and other questions.
Feb 1, 2026
TCP’s inaugural episode features Suraj Yengde and Anupama Rao, two scholars whose academic work and advocacy have helped to set the parameters of the contemporary debate on caste.
Guest Bios:
Suraj Milind Yengde: Assistant Professor of History & Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania
Anupama Rao: Professor of History and Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African
Studies, Columbia University
