The Dharmashastras, among which Manusmriti remains preeminent, clearly distinguishes between Shudras and the twice-born castes ...

Annihilation of Caste' was not merely a critique but a blueprint for a revolution of the mind and society. The undelivered address by Dr B.R. Ambedkar in 1936 was considered so controversial that the ...

A first-generation Christian from a Hindu background, Rethinam, who goes by one name, was the only member of her family to ...

Even in India, where the caste system was most rigid, the practice has been officially banned since 1950. Essentially, a caste system is a rigid assignment of social status based on inheritance.

As many as 10 people, including six Schedule Caste women, were killed by men belonging to a gang led by dacoit Anar Singh Yadav. After 44 years of the gruesome killings, the court of special judge ...

Two of the three men appeared at the special court in Mainpuri district on Tuesday A court in India has sentenced three men to death for the 1981 murder of 24 people from the Dalit (formerly ...

Another Bill, which is meant to clear sub-caste reservation for BCs, is also tabled in the House. This comes months after the state government’s caste survey found that the BCs — including Muslim ...

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah omitted the Socio-Economic Survey from the 2025-26 budget, sparking speculation that the caste census could be shelved. The report, facing opposition from dominant caste ...

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari spoke strongly against caste-based politics saying that no one should be discriminated in terms of caste, religion, language or sex. Gadkari, the Minister of Road ...

CPI(M)’s Basu, who represented Diamond Harbour in the Lok Sabha from 1967 to 1982, told the commission that “caste was a legacy of the feudal system and viewing the social scene from the ...