A policeman’s widow picks up her late husband’s badge in the noir-inflected thriller “Santosh” from British-Indian writer-director ... But when an impoverished low-caste family’s missing ...

Senior Advocate S. Muralidhar on Friday (January 31) suggested to the Supreme Court that a secret ballot system in which all the judges of a constitutional court vote should be adopted to ...

A Coimbatore mill’s women workers stitch garments for H&M, Marks & Spencer, and Decathlon during the day and weave dreams of graduating in the evening.

On the 77th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s independence from colonial rule following foreign domination of some four and a half ...

While study after study confirms that economic growth is positively associated with reductions in poverty and better outcomes in human development (see chart), the experience ... inequities—like the ...

A recent caste survey in Telangana reveals that Backward Classes (BC) make up 56.33% of the state's population, including BCs among minorities. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes constitute 17. ...

Milkipur byelection in Ayodhya district sees SP and BJP clash over caste representation, with PDA community at forefront.

Last year, the SC had held that there should not be any caste discrimination in prisons across India and all the present provisions in jail manuals perpetuating such discrimination must go.

Indian-origin anti-caste activist Kshama Sawant said on Sunday that the Indian government had denied her a visa to visit her ailing mother in Bengaluru. United States-based Sawant was an elected ...

Explore how caste influences Indian politics, from historical shifts to emerging leaders and the growing role of marginalized ...