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

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

Caste violence persists in Tamil Nadu despite a century of anti-caste ideology, revealing systemic failures and ideological ...

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 ...

A unique hostel project in Tamil Nadu has brought together students from diverse caste and class backgrounds to live under one roof, share meals and sleeping spaces to promote a new model of social ...

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.

At a film conclave in Kerala this week, Adoor Gopalakrishnan — one of Indian cinema’s most celebrated directors — stood before an audience and delivered a speec ...

In a strong political push against caste-based violence, three key allies of Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK - the CPI(M), CPI, and ...