Both his article and interview speak to the February milestone of , with the ordinance passing by large majority in the City Council. More recently, the Toronto District School Board became .

鈥淭he caste system, with its origins in India and other South Asian nations, is a complex, rigid, and hierarchical structure of privilege based on birth,鈥� writes Pathania in his article. 鈥淐aste should not be part of the 鈥楢merican Dream.鈥欌�� .

Pathania also writes, 鈥淭he caste system is a disease, it’s an evil, it’s anti-civil. Schools, universities and workplaces should be aware of this global problem.鈥�

Pathania, alongside teaching at EMU, runs a and collaborates with anti-caste, race, and feminist scholars working in the area of higher education and social justice. He also moderates the website and is part of the Ambedkar International Center鈥檚 , mentoring emerging scholars in the area of caste and social justice.