Ambedkar spoke with Voice of America news network on 20 May 1956 on the topic “Prospects of Democracy in India”. He said that ...

Varna and caste had been the pre-colonial methods of vertical divide and rule. Added to these in the post-colonial times are ...

The traditional Hindu social structure is made up of four“castes” which are hierarchically arranged. The priestly/scholarly ...

India's caste system, which splits up Hindus into different societal groups according to their birth, is thought by researchers to go back some 3,000 years. Hindus are divided up into classes — based ...

In its landmark judgment issuing directions to end caste-based segregation and division of work in prisons, the Supreme Court ...

The story of Atul Kumar, an 18-year-old Dalit boy who was able to secure admission to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT ...

India's ancient sages believed that a balanced society relies on the contribution of four“varnas”, generic categories ...

On Gandhi Jayanti - October 2 - India celebrates the birth of the father of the nation. This story delves into lesser-known ...

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic ...

one belonging to the oldest cohort, an upper-caste vs. an OBC/SC/ST, a Hindu vs. a Muslim, increasingly widens along the middle and upper quantiles of the educational distribution. Next, we obtain a ...

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Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday did not rule out the possibility of the Narendra Modi government accepting the Opposition’s relentless demand for a caste-based enumeration, saying that a ...