The book, Exploring Society India and Beyond, for Class VII students says that Brahmins at times picked up trading and other ...

Later, in 1955 during a BBC interview, he accused Mahatma Gandhi of writing in opposition to the caste system in English language papers while writing in support of it in the vernaculars. In the book, ...

She said that despite being a Brahmin, Basaveshwara "rose above" the caste system and talked about equality for the backward classes and Dalits. "Today is Guru Basaveshwara Jayanti...we call him ...

Outraged by the controversy, Anurag Kashyap questioned how the Brahmins still exist if Prime Minister Narendra Modi has successfully eradicated the caste system in India. In an Instagram post ...

It addresses two forms of contractualization: privately contracting sewage work to informal workers or casual laborers, and the rising contractualization in civic bodies that compounds caste ...

In a shocking turn of events, one of the suspects in Kim Kardashian's infamous Paris robbery case has died just days before standing trial. Marceau Baum-Gertner, who was accused of helping ...

Beyond degrees: Why practical skills matter more in today's job market Cabinet okays caste survey to be part of next census Kolkata’s iconic yellow taxis get a green makeover: 30 new dual-fuel ...

Jyotiba Phule and Babasaheb Ambedkar were the fierce critics of Hindu caste system and the exploitative domination of priestly castes over the majority oppressed groups. They imagined modern India ...

Babasaheb Ambedkar demonstrated that education is the primary means by which even the most deprived can become empowered and break the caste system. But it is very unfortunate that even after ...

On April 11, a nearly 10-year-old Socio-Economic and Educational Survey (popularly called the Caste Census) prepared by the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes was dusted off and ...