For decades, caste sat at the top of matrimonial checklists — quietly decisive, rarely questioned. Today, it is still present, but no longer dominant. A decade-long behavioural analysis titled “The ...

Gazette notifications issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC), the statutory body that oversees higher education in India, usually don’t attract much public attention. However, a recent one ...

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday renewed his demand for the inclusion of caste column in the census, arguing that a caste-based enumeration would make it easier to ensure rights and ...

Section 703 of the 1964 Civil Rights Act bans discrimination based on “race, color, religion, sex or national origin.” Why not include “caste” in this list? The question has been asked for several ...

In his book Caste Matters, Dalit scholar Suraj Yengde highlighted the painful reality of caste oppression. He wrote, “Until my mother can sleep with reassurance without worrying about her son's ...

The Institute has sought an explanation from the concerned faculty New Delhi: A conference organised at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has triggered a political and academic storm ...

New Delhi: Amid preparations for Census 2027, the Congress on Monday flagged the wording of Question No. 12 in the Houselisting and Housing Census Schedule. It alleged that the Modi government’s newly ...

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that if caste discrimination is to be eliminated from social practice, then caste must first be erased from the mind. In the past, caste ...

If Rohith Vemula were alive in 2026, he would be around thirty-six years old. One can imagine him as a teacher, a public intellectual, perhaps a scientist or a writer, someone still questioning power, ...

Teltumbde argues that the inherent definition of caste is divisive, and that the number of castes has recently multiplied. (ISTOCKPHOTO) Anand Teltumbde, an academic and an activist, has written an ...

This tutorial makes tiger drawing simple, fun, and surprisingly easy to follow. You will start with basic shapes to build the tiger’s head and face structure, so your proportions stay correct from the ...

Care work is often categorised as a gendered issue, overlooking the intricate role of caste and its hierarchies.Existing dominant methodologies, such as time-use surveys, fail to capture the ...