Perhaps for the first time in my life, I was made conscious of my caste identity by a peer recently. A friend who works for ...

Guru Ravidas Jayanti commemorates the birth of the 15th-century saint and social reformer Guru Ravidas, celebrated on ...

On February 4, the Telangana government announced the criteria for sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SCs) in the state, as recommended by a one-membe ...

MV Govindan ridiculed advocates of 'Sanatan Dharma' for claiming that having Brahmin children is the most sacred and ...

In a significant move to enhance transparency and streamline the civil services selection process, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced an important update for the Civil Services ...

1813. Kerala’s first mass movement against caste discrimination in the erstwhile Travancore kingdom is led by the Nadars, a Hindu backward caste. The demand is for Nadar women to have the right to ...

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has now taken up a complaint of caste discrimination at the hands of the campus placement offices in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT ...

Rajinikanth shared memories of receiving his first acting award for his performance in a play titled Chandala. He recalled how his talent for storytelling and acting often entertained his ...

Adding an ironic layer to the hostility, MAGA supporters have hit back at Indians calling out racism by pointing to casteism and the rigid enforcement of caste endogamy within Indian communities.

Urbanisation is often cited as an antidote to the influence of caste in society. So, does politics rise above caste in urban pockets? Delhi is, perhaps, the only Union Territory (UT) with a large ...

Chennai: Superstar Rajinikanth has now disclosed that he won his first Best Actor award for playing the character of Chandala in a play that was staged during an inter-school drama competition. The ...