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

BR Ambedkar, one of the most unique and revered personas, known for versatile scholarship, intellectual acumen, academic rigor and pragmatism hardly be understood not just by viewing through single ...

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

The Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board Chairman K B Mohandas on Thursday stated that caste preferences demanded by the ...

In this interview, scholar Anand Teltumbde discusses the political misuse of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s legacy, the dangers of idol ...

The temple in Bihar's Gaya district is currently governed by the Bodh Gaya Temple Act of 1949, which places its management ...

A first-generation Christian from a Hindu background, Rethinam, who goes by one name, was the only member of her family to ...

Bhutan is officially a Buddhist kingdom. It's also a fledgling democracy trying to establish a balancing act to honor its ...

The issues of downsizing the representation through delimitation and the anti-Hindi agitation have emerged from Tamil Nadu ...

Even in India, where the caste system was most rigid, the practice has been officially banned since 1950. Essentially, a caste system is a rigid assignment of social status based on inheritance.

He slammed those opposing the caste census, saying they wanted to keep the truth hidden. The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha feels the merit system is unfair and completely flawed. "There is a ...

New Delhi: India will become the country with the largest Hindu and Muslim populations in the world by 2050. According to the report by the Pew Research Center, India’s Muslim population is ...