The modern caste system developed in India. The fragmentation of the Mughal Empire led, in the centuries before the British Raj, to the spread of caste archetypes as a way to cement political ...

In April 2025, a biopic on two of India's foremost anti-caste icons became the latest casualty in the country's battle over ...

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party doesn’t take kindly to people who disrupt the country’s caste system. For those who don’t know, the caste system is a 3,000-year-old Hindu theological ...

Vivek Kumar’s ‘Decoding Ambedkar’ is a much-needed corrective that critiques B.R. Ambedkar’s contributions to governance, ...

Why did Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, chairman of the Drafting Committee of India ... anti-caste movements attribute the deeply entrenched and codified chaturvarna (four divisions) system that ...

April 14 marks both the birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar and the 11th anniversary of the Supreme Court of India ... caste hierarchy. Ambedkar questions the graded inequality of the caste system ...

Along India ... the modern age they have remained largely self-contained, endogamous (marrying within the tribe), physically distinctive in appearance and outside the Hindu caste system.

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar is rightly called the “Architect of Modern India” for his unmatched contributions: He didn’t just fight for rights—he built systems to sustain them. 1. Never let your background ...

He was India’s first revolutionary who fought against the caste system. If Chhaava movie can be released, even promoted by the BJP government, then what is the problem with Phule’s film who ...

Historical Context of Caste System The modern caste system developed in India. The fragmentation of the Mughal Empire led, in the centuries before the British Raj, to the spread of caste ...