The interim order staying the UGC’s 2026 anti-discrimination guidelines has revived long-standing historical debates on merit ...

Béteille, one of India’s most influential sociologists and a scholar whose work reshaped the study of caste, class, and ...

The  ruling in Keshaw Mahto vs State of Bihar raises a difficult but necessary question: can caste humiliation be legally recognised if it does not announce itself in explicit words, but lives on ...

Why have there been protests? How have the regulations defined caste-based discrimination? Why were new regulations ...

Arijit Singh, India’s most-streamed playback singer, stunned fans by declaring he will no longer take new Bollywood singing assignments. While he continues to finish pending work, the move highlights ...

Guru Ravidas is a revered Indian saint, poet, and social reformer who always fought against caste discrimination. Saint ...

From villages to the national squad, India’s blind women cricketers battled disability, patriarchy and caste to win the ...

The UGC's new anti-discrimination Regulations 2026 have triggered widespread protests across states, with students, social ...

The Rohith Act is a proposed law to combat caste discrimination in Indian higher education. See its key provisions, ...

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said that the stay on the rules was ‘appropriate’ on account of the atmosphere of social tension it had caused.

Mohali: The MC has deferred the rollout of its proposed door-to-door garbage collection and segregation project after the ...

In 1931, Mahatma Gandhi questioned Ambedkar about his criticism of the Congress. Ambedkar's answer captures the heart of the many disagreements between the two.