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 ...

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 ...

In a controversial move, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) printed caste categories on the hall tickets for students appearing for the upcoming Higher ...

The star then was enrolled at APS college and acted in a drama related to Adishankara and Chandala. Rajnikanth played Chandala’s character. The college won the competition along with that ...

“It was a big event with 15-20 schools participating. I was part of the scene where Adi Shankaracharya meets Chandala. Perhaps I looked like Chandala, so I got the role,” said ...