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MP's OBC quota: History, politics and courtroom clashThe Supreme Court will commence hearings on Madhya Pradesh's bid for 27% OBC reservation from October 8, a move challenged for breaching th...- How caste manifested before the BritishThe notion that the British introduced India's rigid caste system is false. Eighteenth-century Indian rulers, Brahmins, and merchants activ...
- From sanskritisation to backwardationIndian society's caste system, rooted in ancient texts and practices, has evolved from a rigid varna model to a modern categorization influ...
- Caste Census: Ambedkar's call for limiting reservation to minimum likely to be violatedCaste, a social structure in India, is now central to politics. Parties analyze caste composition before candidate selection. The Union Cab...
- No Mughal Dynasty in Class 7 NCERT textbook, fresh chapters on Indian rulers introducedClass VII NCERT social science textbooks have removed chapters on the Mughals and the Delhi Sultanate, replaced by content on ancient India...
- War of words between Jagdeep Dhankhar and Mallikarjun KhargeA confrontation in the Rajya Sabha between Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge over Congress leader Pramo...
- "Never in history, there has been such disregard...": RS chairman Dhankar to Kharge amid disruptionRajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar sternly addressed Leader of Opposition in the House, Mallikarjun Kharge, asserting that Kharge could ...
- Balancing the ledger: Exploring the dynamics of Hindu mysticism and economic realitiesBrahmins and Kayasthas, with different origins, competed for court access. Kayasthas adapted to Persian and English, while Hinduism valued ...
- Mohan Bhagwat should explain why only those from upper castes head RSS: AAPAt a book release function in Nagpur on Friday, the chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which is the ideological fountainhead o...
- Sangh honours Valmiki seers and patrons, endorses community’s 150-yr-old annual paradePoliticians, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, have participated in the yatra in the recent past. PM Narendra Modi had also launched ...
- ‘Hindu Rashtra’ draft proposes Varanasi as capital instead of Delhi; Muslims and Christians to lose voting rightsAccording to the draft, Muslims and Christians will also enjoy all the rights of a common citizen, barring the right to vote. They would be...
- View: Understanding economies and their role in rendering old models of caste irrelevantWhere do we locate contemporary service providers? By traditional classifications they are the shudras? Does the old varna system still hol...
- Disproportionate attention to caste, Muslim chroniclers in NCERT, Kerala textbooks: Thinktank tells Parl PanelThe report has criticised NCERT and Kerala textbooks for giving more weightage to accounts of Muslim chroniclers such as Ibn Batuta and Al ...
- Schoolchildren break from class in traditional kuteerasGovernment primary schools in Karkala, Udupi, are now creating their own traditional breakout space - thatched-roof kuteeras or huts where ...
- View: The protests against CAA-NRC confront unresolved questions of social division in IndiaNationwide protests against CAA and NRC confront unresolved questions on identity, citizenship, and rights.
- View: The problem is the Brahminical system, the basis of which is inequalityCaste is all-pervasive — from birth to death — in India. It needs to be questioned by everyone, not just the depressed castes, if we need t...
- Will convert to Buddhism if BJP mindset doesn't change: MayawatiThe BSP chief said that she too is giving an opportunity to the Shankaracharyas, religious leaders and people associated with the BJP to ch...
- Ratlam bypoll: Congress rakes up quota issue, BJP trashes itThe reservation issue is now being made a major poll plank by Congress in the upcoming by-polls to Ratlam Lok Sabha (reserved) constituency...
- BJP plans to impose old class system, alleges MayawatiThe former UP chief minister alleged that Modi government was adopting the stand similar to the one taken by Congress government.
- Congress panel wants minority sub-quotaAfter Union minister and Congress leader A R Antulay favoured reservation benefits for Dalit Muslims and Christians, sections of the Congre...
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