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 castes ...

News reports on the yet-unreleased survey said backward classes comprised 70% of the state’s population. Dominant Vokkaligas ...