National caste census has triggered a Bhumihar reckoning. The community in Bihar is waging a new battle for colonial-era ...

The UGC's new 2026 Equity Regulations aim to combat caste discrimination in higher education, mandating compliance and ...

Yet, the BJP has failed to convert religious Hindus into political Hindus in Tamil Nadu. This is because the socio-religious ...

Modern caste rigidity is as much a product of social conformity and colonial enumeration as of textual tradition. Democracy ...

Temples, military labour markets, and land-grant regimes structured medieval caste hierarchies. Today, access to education, ...

The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) on Wednesday urged the University Grants Commission (UGC) to urgently rectify the ...

I was intrigued and surprised to read a short piece written by Anup Tanaeja titled Untouchability Is Repugnant To Spirit Of Hinduism in a column “The Speaking Tree” in “The Times of India”, dated 30th ...

Let us begin by paraphrasing Jadunath Sarkar on the consequences of the State adopting unequal policies for different ...

It is high time we examine an important question: why is a text so old and largely obsolete in everyday life cast as the ...

China and India are often compared as if they are two rising nation states. That is misleading. China is first and foremost a state that swallowed a civilisatio ...

Saturday 31st Junuary, 2026 The government has ignored the ultimatum given by the Government Medical Officers Association ...

The kerfuffle over UGC's equity rules has settled down. But, the caste debate once again risks sliding into high-minded ...