Caste, a social structure in India, is now central to politics. Parties analyze caste composition before candidate selection. The Union Cab...

Class VII NCERT social science textbooks have removed chapters on the Mughals and the Delhi Sultanate, replaced by content on ancient India...

A confrontation in the Rajya Sabha between Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge over Congress leader Pramo...

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar sternly addressed Leader of Opposition in the House, Mallikarjun Kharge, asserting that Kharge could ...

Brahmins and Kayasthas, with different origins, competed for court access. Kayasthas adapted to Persian and English, while Hinduism valued ...

At a book release function in Nagpur on Friday, the chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which is the ideological fountainhead o...

Politicians, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, have participated in the yatra in the recent past. PM Narendra Modi had also launched ...

According to the draft, Muslims and Christians will also enjoy all the rights of a common citizen, barring the right to vote. They would be...

Where do we locate contemporary service providers? By traditional classifications they are the shudras? Does the old varna system still hol...

The report has criticised NCERT and Kerala textbooks for giving more weightage to accounts of Muslim chroniclers such as Ibn Batuta and Al ...

Government primary schools in Karkala, Udupi, are now creating their own traditional breakout space - thatched-roof kuteeras or huts where ...

Nationwide protests against CAA and NRC confront unresolved questions on identity, citizenship, and rights.

Caste 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...

The BSP chief said that she too is giving an opportunity to the Shankaracharyas, religious leaders and people associated with the BJP to ch...

The reservation issue is now being made a major poll plank by Congress in the upcoming by-polls to Ratlam Lok Sabha (reserved) constituency...

The former UP chief minister alleged that Modi government was adopting the stand similar to the one taken by Congress government.

After Union minister and Congress leader A R Antulay favoured reservation benefits for Dalit Muslims and Christians, sections of the Congre...