Mamata Banerjee criticizes Election Commission for ignoring hate speeches by BJP, accusing PM Modi of targeting minorities and lower caste,...

Religiousness is defined in terms of attendance to places of worship and adherence to other religious beliefs and practices. These underlie...

Soaring prices, joblessness and health complications from a wave of delta-fueled Covid-19 infections last year are high on the minds of vot...

The 17th Lok Sabha will have 27 Muslim members — more than the previous one. Over half of them have been elected from non-Muslim majority c...

The gap between the forward and other castes is becoming wider over the years, according to a World Inequality Database study.

US Commission for International Religious Freedom in its latest report has placed India in the Tier 2 countries of particular concern along...

After India obtained Independence, anti-caste movements have withered. Social mobilisation against caste has given way to caste solidarity ...

Pakistani Punjab, accounting for 60% of the country's population and 80% of its army, is dominated by peasant communities that place a prem...

Hindutva ideologues seek common cause with him, saying Ambedkar was anti-Muslim and anti-communist, and that he chose Buddhism rather than ...

Hardik Patel has said that he feels the RSS is making an attempt to hijack his movement that has challenged castebased reservation in gover...

This week's "Poke Me" invited your comments on "Poke me: No matter what caste or outcast, Mohan Bhagwat wants more Hindus".

The answer to the hyper-competitive politicisation of caste-herds does not lie in the annihilation of reservations. It lies in forcing a ch...

The RSS move is the latest in a series of attempts by political and ideological groupings to appropriate one of India’s greatest leaders.

If Hindus and Muslims want to become "real Indians", they must change their mindset, Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katj...

Addressing an election rally in UP, Narendra Modi said people from the lower castes have been looked down upon and made to sit "outside".

As UK is set to vote on a controversial amendment to include caste among other forms of discrimination.

Undeterred by the setback in Gujarat elections, BSP chief Mayawati proposes to repeat the Uttar Pradesh experiment in all prominent states ...