The number of citizens indicating they have transcended community identities, such as those committed to egalitarian ideals ...

Caste, a word foreign in origin but deeply immersed in India's identity today, has travelled centuries and continents. From colonial classification to present-day politics, it continues to define ...

Most children in India are taught about the four-fold caste system that emerges in the Vedas. However, in real life, these ...

Thanks to the New York Times mini crossword puzzle Tuesday, lots of people in Massachusetts were googling "Boston Brahmin ...

Indian Dalit champions Periyar and Ambedkar believed that the caste system could only end if Hinduism ... has widely evangelized the creed of Brahmins’ abhorrence of the Dalit.

The government's decision in April 2025 on the inclusion of caste enumeration in the upcoming decennial census represents a seismic shift, ending deliberate amb ...

Presenting the biggest obstacle to India’s embrace of modernity, the caste system divides Hindus into ... of a Hindu nation-state lorded over by Brahmins. It’s a costly fantasy in a secular ...

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the two major contenders in the April 2026 State legislature ...

If you look around the world at people of colour, religion, caste, sexuality or any of the marginalised communities, we are ...

An Indian mythologist, speaker, illustrator and author ...

Renu’s literature redefined Hindi fiction by centring marginal voices, dismantling post-Independence optimism, and ...

The growing distinction between tenured and tenure-track faculty members on the one hand and tenure-ineligible lecturers or part-time adjuncts on the other has produced an academic caste system that ...