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 ...

The UGC’s 2026 anti-discrimination guidelines mandate Equal Opportunity Centres, set timelines for complaints, and expand ...

UGC’s new anti-discrimination framework has divided campuses and political circles. The regulations, originally announced ...

2026 UGC rules: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has notified new equity rules in January to stop caste-based ...

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

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The Supreme Court has stayed the operation of the University Grants Commission’s 2026 equity regulations dealing with the definition of caste discrimination, raising serious concerns about their ...

From Hamilton’s duel to Sairat and Lata Singh, a stark analysis of honour killings in India—and how caste, patriarchy, and ...

The Supreme Court has stayed the UGC Equity Regulations 2026, a move seen as a relief for general category students amid concerns over exclusion and unequal grievance redressal.

India’s electoral system was born not from consensus but from coercion and compromise, a reality revisited by author and ...

The issue of changing one’s faith to benefit from the reservation system has once again come under the scrutiny of the ...