In Rizal’s time, it was almost impossible to move up the ranks because birth and race pretty much dictated your place in ...

HYDERABAD: Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Saturday spoke about everyday forms of discrimination that continue to ...

If you're driving down San Pedro Avenue or stuck in rush hour traffic in San Antonio, you've probably noticed a pyramid-shaped structure towering above Loop 410. Maybe you're like me, and you've ...

Known for being at the forefront of progressive social reforms, Soundala has now declared itself a caste-free village by adopting the guiding principle 'Amchi jaat…manav' (my caste is humanity), with ...

Pure coincidence, perhaps, that in the same week two conversations in this magazine circled the word “criminal”. In one, the public intellectual and activist G.N. Devy warned that India’s forthcoming ...

Photo: By arrangement. At the Gram Sabha, Argade proposed to declare Soundala a “caste-free” village. Argade was fully aware that in a graded society, getting rid of caste wasn’t an easy feat. “But in ...

According to the regulator, caste-based discrimination is on the rise on college and university campuses. Complaints of caste-based discrimination increased 118.4 per cent in five years, from 173 ...

Post-Independence India introduced affirmative action through different channels. Constitutional reservations for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes came through Articles 15 and 16. State-level ...

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), headed by senior Congress leader K.C. Venugopal, at its meeting on Monday (February 9, 2026) castigated the government for what it described as a “caste system” in ...

Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. How trustworthy is the new U.S. food ...

Nearly a hundred years after Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar’s famous treatise, The Annihilation of Caste, who would have thought that India would turn a full circle, or should I say turn turtle? For today ...

Mohan Bhagwat said the Sangh does not appoint its workers or leaders based on caste identity. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday asserted that caste is not a determining ...