Tag: Caste

A December 26 post on X by controversial chief minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, openly glorifying the “heroic” characteristics of the “Kshatriya” (dominant, “warrior-ruling” caste) and demeaning the Shudra (toiling, artisan sections of society) saying their duty is to "serve" Brahmins, Kshatriyas Vaishyas has generated outrage and controversy

Existing data examining the status of women and marginalised castes in the economy points to a disturbing reality, which contradicts, deeply, the notion of India as a rising, globally charged economy.

When Sen. Strom Thurmond and other Southern Democrats set out to defeat the landmark civil rights legislation of the 1960s, they argued that there was no need to take any measures to counter racism in the United States, since, in Thurmond’s words, “there are already ample laws on the statute books.”

“I consider the four divisions alone to be fundamental,...

Communal forces employ new tactics as hate speech and violence against religious minorities soar

The woman has claimed that the police initially refused to lodge complaint and only after a lawyer was called, did the FIR get filed

A curated list of some of the best books to understand the struggles and hardships faced by the Dalit community since time immemorial, and their revolutions that shaped the history of India

First Published on: 11 Apr 2016   On his 189th Birth...

“I (god) am in all beings. Whatever be the...

We must redefine the Shudra category as a dignified, productive force with a role in the political, social, economic and educational fields.