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From protest to politics: How Tamil Nadu’s melthundu became an identity markerA simple shoulder cloth, the melthundu, has a rich history in Tamil Nadu. It began as a gesture of respect, was later used to challenge cas...
'India's most corrupt CM': Rahul Gandhi targets Sarma, alleges Assam's land handed to 'Adani, Ambani'Gandhi claimed that Sarma's "absurd" remarks are aimed at diverting attention from his failures, terming him "India's most corrupt CM". The...
Odisha anganwadi shut for 3 months after Dalit woman’s appointment as cookAn anganwadi centre in Kendrapada, Odisha, remains shut for three months. Parents boycotted the facility after a Dalit woman was appointed ...
Unlike Hindi films, Tamil movies don't caste asideDirected by N Gopi Nainar and produced by Vetri Maaran, this new Tamil film's release schedule is yet to be announced. The trailer, which s...
What a little pushback can do to curb ban partiesNetflix's and Zee Studios' decision to pull down the Tamil film, Annapoorani: The Goddess of Food, is a good case study. At the time of its...
PK Rosy Birth Anniversary: Google Doodle honours Malayalam cinema's first female actress on her 120th birth anniversaryToday is the 120th birthday of PK Rosy, Malayalam cinema's first female performer. Google created a doodle to honour her birth anniversary.
Remembering Savitribai Phule, who pioneered women’s education in pre-Independent IndiaSavitribai Phule was also the first female teacher in Indian history
I was misquoted, was only paraphrasing Ambedkar's views: JNU VC on 'caste of gods' remarkDhulipudi Pandit on Wednesday also clarified that she was just "paraphrasing" BR Ambedkar's views and questioned why an academic lecture wa...
Anthropologically, no God is from an upper caste, says JNU VC in talk on gender justiceAs part of her delivery of the Dr B R Ambedkar Lecture Series titled 'Dr B R Ambedkar's Thoughts on Gender Justice: Decoding the Uniform Ci...
Why 'quiet' on caste census, Congress asks govt in RSAsserting that there is a demand for a caste-based census from all quarters, Singhvi said the exercise is needed because the quota for back...
CBI files charges of gangrape and murder against four accused in Hathras caseThe victim was cremated in the dead of the night near her home on September 30. Her family alleged they were forced by the local police to ...
CM, his police say no one was raped because for them she was 'no one': Rahul on Hathras caseIn a tweet, Gandhi said the shameful truth is many Indians do not consider Dalits, Muslims and tribals to be human.
Centre issues notification for CBI to take over Hathras case investigationA dalit woman had died of grievous injuries at a Delhi hospital on September 29, a fortnight after she was allegedly raped at her village b...
Hathras victim deserves justice, not slander: Priyanka GandhiCongress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra charged that a narrative is being built by the ruling party in Uttar Pradesh for holding t...
Delhi AAP MLA booked for meeting kin of Hathras victim after testing positive for COVID-19According to the MLA's Twitter account, he tested positive for the disease on September 29 and met the victim's family on October 4. The po...
UP govt extends time given to SIT probing Hathras case to submit report by 10 daysThe UP government has given an additional 10 days to the three-member SIT investigating the alleged gang rape and killing of a 19-year-old ...
Ink thrown at AAP MP Sanjay Singh in HathrasSingh is among the several political leaders who have visited Hathras to meet the family members of the 19-year-old Dalit woman who died on...
The slugfest among BJP-BSP can mean loss of other voting sectionsSmriti Irani's defence after Rohith Vemula's suicide and BJP's inability to contain the damage hit BJP's efforts to woo the community acros...
Jaipur Literature Festival: Debating the need for a fine line between artistic freedom & insulting beliefsWriters at the Jaipur Literature Festival debate the need for a fine line between artistic freedom and the right to offend.
Nitin Raut slams Anna Hazare for not speaking out against casteismIn Kharda, Nitin Aage, a 12th standard student belonging to backward caste, was allegedly brutally killed by the brother and friends of an ...