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

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

As India charts its path toward a democracy anchored in substantive equality,  the judiciary plays a pivotal role - not only ...

Tamil Nadu CM M.K. Stalin meets PM Modi, presents demands for state development, including education, infrastructure, and ...

Dalit man and Vanniyar woman murdered for inter-caste marriage, leading to landmark Supreme Court verdict on honour killing.

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, ...

Benefits include reserved seats from parliament to village council, quotas in higher education and government employment ...

The Madras High Court criticised discrimination against Dalits, urging Tamil Nadu to ensure temple access ... to only take action - when faced with caste-based violence - if a complaint is filed.

The demand for a nationwide caste census in India has re-emerged as a focal point of socio-political discourse. At the heart of this demand lies the quest for s ...

Tamil Nadu has long opposed the NEP, which advocates a three-language system, citing its conflict ... which the state claims enforces "caste-based roles" from Class 6, potentially perpetuating ...

By the early 1930s, when Meiyappan took charge of this business, they were already among the major distributors of the gramophone records of HMV and Columbia for large parts of the Southeastern Tamil ...

BOOK EXTRACT By making caste census a central issue, Rahul aimed to realign the party’s focus to social equity and ...