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

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

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

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

New Delhi (AsiaNews) – A private school in Coimbatore, a district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, forced a Dalit ...

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

The main reason for the neglect of Ambedkar in Nepal is the preponderance of communist and/or socialist parties. For some reason, communists in both India and Nepal, including the leftist Dalit ...

New Delhi: Chief Minister Rekha Gupta flagged off a marathon in Delhi on the occasion of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Jayanti.