Presenting rich archival evidence and data on 16,000 indigenous schools in British India, historian Parimala V Rao asserted that education in traditional Indian schools was not oral, informal, and ...

Explore how caste influences Indian politics, from historical shifts to emerging leaders and the growing role of marginalized communities.

In India during the British colonial period, the caste system was formalized through legal and administrative measures, which reinforced its rigid boundaries. The report also talked about the ...

“Long before British rule, India’s gurukul system followed a similar model — structured and focused on holistic education. The principles of such an education predate colonialism by nearly 4,000 years ...

This was “caste yuga”. Barring a few school teachers, constables, railway personnel, and postal clerks, most Dalits were owned by landlords. They had lived for ages without any self-esteem. While the ...

One needs to only spread the world map to see what a spectacular ... and resistance against British rule. Pilgrims from every corner of the country, regardless of caste, creed, or social standing ...

Some historians believe that Chandragupta Maurya established an early postal system ... map new routes and establish cantonments. The East India Company’s introduction of mail services along routes in ...

As key findings of 2014 and 2024 exercises vary, politicians and intellectuals from Backward Classes community are ...

Multidisciplinary artist Siddhesh Gautam, who goes by the moniker Bakery Prasad and focuses on the visual documentation of India’s anti-caste movement, has co-conceptualised a magazine ...

Mahisagar , Police initiated a probe after a tribal man hanged himself in Gujarat's Mahisagar district, while his kin alleged harassment by an official in issuing a caste certificate to his ...

According to the caste survey, Backward Classes, excluding Muslim minorities, form the largest group, constituting 46.25 per cent of Telangana's total 3.70 crore population.