Neelakandan also examines Buddhism and Jainism in the book empirically ... that the author has pivoted the study of the caste system in his take on India’s social history.

Aravindan Neelakandan in his 'A Dharmic Social History of India' has sought to deconstruct the widely held views on the ...

The petitioner argued that “it is a settled position of law that once a person converts to any religion other than Hinduism, Sikhism, and Buddhism ... lower caste people to Hindus and those following ...

Thespian Kamal Haasan recently commented on the origins of the Tamil and Kannada languages, sparking a significant ...

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Now that people don’t really look forward to a gift of meat from a wealthy neighbour, does the purported rationale of feeding ...

Sri Lankan novelist and social critic, Vishnu Vasu, launched his newest book in Sinhala, a disjointed travelogue viewing ...

He continues to write, “Buddhism and Jainism were born out of a revolt against ... Concerning the exact age of the caste system, there are different opinions. However, it is generally agreed that the ...

These include Harvard University and Apple, Inc., the California State Universities system, as well as the city of Seattle. Now the caste-based discrimination movement is eyeing its biggest prize ...

Despite his caste-consciousness and critical depiction of the social prejudices of colonial Bengal, he never directly opposed them; in his real life, he was an upholder of traditional Hindu ...

Gill responded with a tweet that drew immediate criticism: “America is the ‘land of opportunity’ precisely because we DON’T have a caste system. We cannot sustain America’s prosperity ...