Caste Consciousness: The census heightened awareness of caste distinctions, fostering competition and conflict between groups ...

Discrimination based on birth was outlawed in India in 1950 but the legacy of the caste system continues to be felt around ...

The conspicuous absence of caste in the public consciousness of Bengal is accompanied by an equally noticeable lack of a ...

A court in India has sentenced three men to death for the 1981 murder of 24 people from the Dalit (formerly untouchable) ...

The UGC 2012 regulations must be implemented more diligently rather than being replaced with a less effective draft.

The opposition Congress on Thursday sought a “caste-based census” in Gujarat under Collection of Statistics Act 2008, though the demand was rejected by the BJP government in the state. “The Gujarat ...

Dalits, formerly known as untouchables, are placed on the lowest rung of India’s rigid caste hierarchy and are often targeted ...

The Karnataka government has decided to conduct a fresh survey to collect empirical data for restructuring the 17 per cent ...

A Dalit man, Sangam Lal Gautam, was allegedly assaulted and subjected to casteist abuse after a bike collision in Prayagraj.

Stressing about secular credentials, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav asserted on Thursday that he does not believe in religious or ...

The story of Waghya has been called into question, with a section of historians and politicians insisting that there is no ...