The Dharmashastras, among which Manusmriti remains preeminent, clearly distinguishes between Shudras and the twice-born ...

With one soul-stirring journey, PM Narendra Modi has lit a quiet lantern, blending Ambedkar’s azure dreams with the RSS’s saffron glow.

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

Chief architect of Indian Constitution, leader of downtrodden, scholar extraordinaire, and extraordinary social reformer.

When alive, he was kept on the margins of mainstream politics. And post-demise, there was a grand Neruvian design to confine ...

A remarkable Agnihotra ceremony, organized by the Village Development Society under the auspices of the Universal Knowledge Trust, has set a new world record.

In the vast sections of the Dalit community, there isn’t an iota of support for kingship. Even an uneducated Dalit living in remote hills no longer believes the false narrative that a resurrected ...

The oppressor/oppressed castes terminology, derived from critical race theory and contemporary US woke and DEI ideologies, is ...

Touching on everything from anti-caste traditions to the Buddhist legend of Matanga and Persian and Arabic perspectives on ...

There is a rationale to this: if you can’t get out but still want to escape, being a VVIP is the only way to keep India at bay. What is a VVIP? They are nothing but a humble person who, by erecting a ...

BR Ambedkar not only indigenised the concept of human rights but also reinstated human values in a society long dehumanised by the Varna system.