Indian society rests on a graded hierarchy called caste, which Dr BR Ambedkar described as “an ascending scale of reverence ...

As India debates caste discrimination once again aftert the new UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulation 2026, in courts, campuses, and politics, a large-scale Pew ...

India has witnessed a growing debate over what people eat over the past decade. Since Narendra Modi became prime minister in 2014, measures targeting meat consumption have increased in parts of the ...

A single-judge bench of Justice Vinod Diwaker noted that for India to become genuinely developed by 2047, the deeply entrenched caste system must be eradicated. LUCKNOW: In a landmark judgment, the ...

America's tech giants are taking a modern-day crash course in India's ancient caste system, with Apple emerging as an early leader in policies to rid Silicon Valley of a rigid hierarchy that's ...

With Dalit Chief Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai retiring, India's top court will be down to one Dalit and one woman — with most of the judges being upper caste Hindu men. Is the court ready for ...

India’s constitutional vision of reservations was never meant to become a permanent battlefield between communities. It was designed as a bridge - a temporary corrective mechanism to ensure ...

An Allahabad High Court order recommending the inclusion of content on the dangers of caste prejudice in school curriculum has come as a jolt for the national textbook preparation body, which has ...

The origin of the caste system does not lie in religious ideas of purity and pollution, racial differences, tribal or Harappan customs — or even the British census, as recent social media commentary ...

A fiery online debate on X highlights the ongoing relevance of Indian arranged marriages. Critics argue that the tradition perpetuates gender inequality and outdated norms, while supporters cite lower ...