The announcement marks a high-profile intensification of the government’s efforts to claim Ambedkar. On March 30th Mr Modi ...

Bollywood film about anti-caste icons delayed after protests from Brahmins - India’s film certification body accused of ...

In April 2025, a biopic on two of India's foremost anti-caste icons became the latest casualty in the country's battle over ...

Caste Consciousness: The census heightened awareness of caste distinctions, fostering competition and conflict between groups vying for higher status or colonial favor. This contributed to the ...

In the Hindu caste system, people are placed at birth into ... occupied the lowest rung of the hierarchy. They were deemed "untouchables." Post-independence, electoral politics have given ...

The Untouchable was ... While anti-caste movements attribute the deeply entrenched and codified chaturvarna (four divisions) system that defines Hindu society, to the Manusmriti, other texts ...

The persistence of caste stigma against Dalits in India is a complex issue rooted in historical, social, economic, and ...

The significance of Babasaheb Ambedkar’s decision to embrace Buddhism continues to resonate today, but Dalits seeking to ...

In the villages of Tamil Nadu and across India's urban parishes, a profound contradiction unfolds daily. "My faith teaches ...

In the Hindu caste system, people are placed at birth into ... occupied the lowest rung of the hierarchy. They were deemed "untouchables." Post-independence, electoral politics have given ...