caste

4 more Supreme Court judges, 1 big question: Will diversity find space on the bench?

September 14, 2026 6:53 pm

Four new seats in the Supreme Court may ease pendency, but with women making up just 4% of the top court’s judges, experts say the expansion must also address the lack of diversity at the country’s highest judicial forum.

Both married to others, no 'promise to wed' crime: Himachal High Court grants man bail

September 12, 2026 12:02 pm

The Himachal Pradesh High Court was hearing the bail plea of an astrologer in a case involving allegations of sexual relations obtained through deceitful means.

'Don't know my gotra': Aishwarya Lekshmi on confronting casteist attitudes in rural Tamil Nadu

September 11, 2026 2:08 pm

Actor Aishwarya Lekshmi talks about the casteist attitudes she encountered in a Tamil Nadu village during the shoot of a film.

We need to stop talking about Other ‘Backward’ ‘Classes’

August 26, 2026 5:15 pm

When one moves away from the language of backwardness towards that of caste oppression, the picture becomes much clearer

Count caste by all means. But abandon belief that counting settles anything

August 21, 2026 5:47 am

Ask for caste, sub-caste and surname, never for category, so the respondent is not invited to choose her own entitlement, and let the statistical office (and professional sociologists, not the armchair types) map it afterwards

When does referring to a person by their profession become an insult? Allahabad High Court rules on ‘dhobin’ remark

March 05, 2026 4:32 pm

A contractual relationship existed between the parties, where the complainant used to wash the clothes of the accused, the Allahabad High Court noted.

Caste and the violence of looking away

February 17, 2026 8:55 pm

Suraj Yengde’s Caste is an unflinching examination of how hierarchy adapts, travels, and survives in modern life

UGC’s new equity rules may fall short of real social justice

January 28, 2026 12:33 pm

Inequality in higher education is not only about unfair treatment, but also about who holds power and privilege

Supreme Court’s latest report reveals why we need a caste-aware judiciary

December 12, 2025 5:11 pm

If the judiciary, the final sentinel, will not exorcise caste from its reasoning, ‘Mother of Democracy’ becomes a slogan, not a destiny

Sachchidanand Sinha's death has snapped the last living link of the Lohia stream of socialism

November 24, 2025 12:20 pm

A multilingual intellectual and principled activist, Sinha journeyed from mill worker to editor of Mankind, shaping debates on democracy, imperialism, and social justice

The tattooed rebels: Chhattisgarh's Ramnamis fight caste with full-bodied 'Ram Ram' tattoos

January 13, 2016 9:10 am

The Ramnami Samaj is a religious movement founded by Scheduled Caste Ram devotees in the late 19th century in Chhattisgarh. Denied entry to temples and forced to use separate wells, these low-caste Hindus first tattooed their bodies and faces more than 100 years ago as an act of defiance and devotion.

Why the Maratha agitation keeps coming back

June 22, 2020 6:20 pm

The Marathas, a third of the population of Maharashtra, began to agitate for their demands a little less than two years ago. While the current phase of renewed protests ended, the agitation is far from over.

Dalit man’s wedding procession passes through Thakur village

June 22, 2020 6:22 pm

After a struggle of six months, a Dalit groom’s wedding procession passes through a Thakur-dominated village in Uttar Pradesh.

Why Is I&B Min Refusing Permission To Show Films On Caste, Kashmir And JNU ?

June 22, 2020 7:00 pm

Women must not be barred from entering temple: Mahant Narendra Giri

January 27, 2016 4:30 am

Allahabad, Jan 27 (ANI): Speaking on the Shani Shignapur temple issue, Akhara Parishad President Mahant Narendra Giri on Wednesday said that women must not be barred from entering the temple asserting that preventing them from doing so, was not right in any manner. He added that people must be allowed to visit temple and offer prayers irrespective of caste, creed or gender since it is their right to do so.

Govt. following 'Divisive India' over 'Digital India': Derek O' Brien

January 20, 2016 9:35 am

Hyderabad, Jan 20 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O'Brien on Wednesday alleged that the NDA Government is following a 'Divisive India' policy by dividing students on the basis of caste.He added that on the one hand, Centre talks of 'Digital India' while on the other it plays politics of caste with students. He was addressing students protesting against the recent suicide of a Dalit scholar in the Hyderabad University.