The artist, whose exhibit at the ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale dives deep into the lives of migrant brick kiln workers, on ...

Gazette notifications issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC), the statutory body that oversees higher education in India, usually don’t attract much public attention. However, a recent one ...

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has notified new regulations to address caste-based discrimination in higher education institutions across the country. The new rules mandate the setting up of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Why did the British start counting castes? The 1857 revolt gave a big jolt to the British. They realised they did not understand India enough. When the Crown took over in 1858, Queen Victoria declared ...

In a first-of-its-kind institutional exercise, the Supreme Court has released a report on “judicial conceptions of caste” that urges judges to adopt constitutionally sensitive vocabulary in ...

Data from the 77th round of the National Sample Survey highlights the plight of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe farmers, who experience lower agricultural returns due to limited irrigation, ...

With Dalit Chief Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna 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 more ...

India is OpenAI’s second-largest market, but ChatGPT and Sora reproduce caste stereotypes that harm millions of people. When Dhiraj Singha began applying for postdoctoral sociology fellowships in ...

Discover the best tutorials to master drawing hands—learn anatomy, gesture, and tips to make your hand drawings look natural and expressive. 'Fat troops' fallout continues as some Texas Guardsmen sent ...

In the United States, the language of race is always close to the surface—coded in ZIP codes, school districts, traffic stops, and sentencing disparities. But caste walks in differently. It is quieter ...