The Madras High Court has directed the removal of caste-based tags from the names of schools and colleges within four weeks, observing that such identifiers con ...

They want to cultivate these issues for electoral politics in the long run. Recently, the Indian National Congress (INC) ...

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

The significance of Babasaheb Ambedkar’s decision to embrace Buddhism continues to resonate today, but Dalits seeking to ...

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

Since school textbooks are often designed by those who represent the interests and ideology of the ruling classes, the ...

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

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

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

Jyotiba Phule's life, work, and revolutionary ideas challenged caste oppression and orthodoxies, inspiring social change in India.

The issue will now play out in the courts, on streets and more importantly, in the upcoming state elections up to at least 2027. India News trending ...