The non-Brahmin movement of Periyar mobilised backward classes politically, but appears to have done little to undermine ...

Despite Supreme Court orders, honour killings persist in India. Tamil Nadu tops inter-caste murder statistics. Why do ...

Legally empowered, yet socially disempowered — this phrase captures the gap between constitutional promise and lived reality ...

Tamil Nadu is often hailed as a bastion of anti-Hindutva politics in India. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has projected ...

“I loved people without realising they had long been estranged from nature. Our emotions are preconditioned; our love is ...

Tamil Nadu Fifth Police Commission recommends removing caste references from police appraisal forms for unbiased professional growth.

The recent killing of C. Kavin Selvaganesh, a Scheduled Caste youth, just because he was in love with a girl of an intermediate caste, has again spotlighted rampant caste pride in southern Tamil Nadu.

Kamal Haasan's comments come amid continued opposition to the NEET system for medical admissions in Tamil Nadu.

I am unable to call the murders done in the name of caste as either ‘honour or dishonour killings’. They are brutal pre-meditated murders. Such acts attract Sec ...

At a time when the ruling DMK and oall parties are stoutly opposing implementation of the New Education Police (NEP) that envisaged introduction of three-language formula in the State, Tamil Nadu Chie ...

The policy also mandated a climate curriculum focused on Tamil Nadu’s specific environmental challenges for school students.

Kamal Haasan’s remarks come as the Tamil Nadu government continues to oppose the NEET system, arguing that it disadvantages ...