Chandru (Retd) had submitted a report to the Tamil Nadu government recommending measures ... “Caste in schools is just an extension of the caste system in the society. When they practise caste ...

The Indian government has long insisted that the social hierarchy has no place in the country, which banned caste discrimination in 1950.

In a powerful interview, Tamil writer and Dalit rights activist Imayam reflects on Tamil Nadu’s historic decision to erase ...

Accepting caste as social identity exists historically and structurally in the Indian Church, he said, and only education and jobs for dalit can break the system. Father Vincent Chinnadurai, ...

Chennai: Political parties in Tamil Nadu welcomed the Caste Census announced by the Union Government on Wednesday with the Chief Minister M K Stalin terming it as another triumph for DMK and the ...

The report also claims two-tumbler system in some schools ... Front found that about 30% of schools surveyed in Tamil Nadu had some form of caste discrimination against dalit students.

“I have presented the fact. My next project is the prevalence of the caste system in Christianity in southern districts of Tamil Nadu,” she said.

In Tamil Nadu, caste shapes everyday life and even dictates ... The official quoted above said that they have brought in a three-tier system in August to improve the quality and speed of ...

which was a horizontal caste system in contrast to the vertical caste system, had kept castes organised in Tamil Nadu from the Chola period until the 18th century. However, it suddenly disappeared ...