Seattle City Council outlawed caste-based discrimination this week, a centuries-old form of social stratification with roots in South Asia, following years of activist organizing and similar bans at ...

CM Siddaramaiah has promised speedy trial, anti-honour killing law after the murder of Manya Patil, 20, allegedly by her ...

Explore the origins of the caste system, rooted in political and economic factors rather than purity, pollution, or race.

The Art of Living founder has put caste reconciliation on his public agenda. He organised the "Truth and Reconciliation" ...

At 97, economist Nilakantha Rath says a caste census is crucial to expose inequality, planning failures, and class bias in ...

Being born in India means inheriting a place in an ancient social system which will dominate much of your life, from where you can live to who you can marry. Now, the government wants to know more ...

To help combat caste-based discrimination, the Indian government saves spots at the best Indian universities for lower-caste students, who often take that opportunity and turn it into a tech job in ...

CHENNAI: No caste can claim a right over the administration of a temple, the Madras high court has said, asserting that a ...

A new report produced by the apex court on the evolution of jurisprudence on caste shows that even within a rule-based ...

Students in Alawalpur allege caste discrimination by teachers, claiming forced labor and segregation based on caste in their ...

Constructively criticising the Constitution is imperative at a time when its survival is threatened by the Hindutva project.

In 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, the Samajwadi Party in its election manifesto promised to form a caste-based Ahir Infantry Regiment, if they came in power. Also, Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad ...