Caste – an outlawed hereditary hierarchy – has continued to shape Indian society in overt and subtle ways. But calls for a ...

Few social systems illustrate this phenomenon more clearly than the caste system, one of history’s most enduring hierarchies. Deeply embedded in Indian ... The Role of Religion: Divinity or ...

Religion has historically functioned as both an ideological force and a mechanism for social regulation, evolving through ...

The case came to the nation's top court after the High Court of the Tamil Nadu state dismissed a petition of some Catholics ...

In Chhattisgarh, Ramesh Baghel has been fighting a lone battle to bury his father, Subhash, in the village graveyard—but both the High Court and the Supreme Court have turned him away.

Lawyers, journalists and other members of the country’s educated class say their jobs entitle them to special treatment on the road; ‘Rich brats’ ...

The Himachal Pradesh government has amended its prison manual to eradicate caste-based discrimination. The amendments, directed by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh, ensure equality among prisoners, ...

In a historical move, the nation’s top court has agreed to hear an appeal by socially poor Dalit Catholics in southern India ...

Caste census has become a topical issue in Tamil Nadu. The ruling DMK is making a strong case for it and parties, like the PMK, are demanding caste-wise reservation. It turns out that freedom ...

Follow the spiritual journey of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, from scholar to devotee. Learn about his ecstatic manifestations and ...

The Uniform Civil Code is the final blow, ensuring that all forms of interfaith relationships are regulated in the ‘New India ...

Siddaramaiah said inequality must go as a large number of people are deprived of opportunities due to the inequality created by the caste system ... and inequality among the backward castes ...