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 ...

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

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 ...

Over the last six months, India's highest court has been headed by a man who hails from one of the most discriminated-against communities in India. Chief Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, who is set ...

Caste discrimination has not vanished from Indian society, despite what the law promises. It shows up in villages and cities, in marriage negotiations and hiring practices, in temples and on ...

Violence and public humiliation of Dalits persisted, with data showing caste atrocities remain widespread and underreported. Policy interventions such as the Karnataka Social Boycott Bill and the ...

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 ...

「カースト制度」は、生まれによって職分・階級が定められるというヒンドゥー教の身分制度です。IT大国のインドではカースト制度に縛られない職業としてITエンジニアが大きな人気を集めていましたが、「カースト差別」が海を越えたアメリカ・シリコン ...

As the state stares at another potential coalition, religious mobilisation may not work in a political zone long dominated by the varna system There is a reason why Bihar remains the only Hindi belt ...