Ashoka’s efforts to reshape Vedic society into a Buddhist one brought lasting harm to Indian society, polity, and economy.

The Ramayana and the Mahabharata reached their final written form around 2000 years ago, exactly when the Dharma-shastra was ...

Critics say linking the Supreme Court’s decision on Dalits with the demand for delisting is an attempt to divert attention ...

Media reduced Phoolan Devi to a sensational figure—sexualised, dramatised and stripped of structural context. Bandit Queen reinforced the revenge narrative, overshadowing caste realities and political ...

As B.R. Ambedkar argued, caste is not only a system of social stratification but also a mechanism that enforces gendered oppression, particularly through the control of women’s sexuality and labour.

LOS ANGELES, CA – Two Indian American professors at California State University (CSU) have alleged that CSU’s non-discrimination policy, amended to single out ‘caste’ as a protected category, ...

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At first glance, Soundala looks like any other village in the semi-arid Khandesh region of Maharashtra. It faces familiar challenges: broken roads, inadequate funds for development works, and water ...

A caste conflict has sharply fractured social cohesion at Kolagallu village of Ballari taluk, with its ripple effects ...