A system that valued wisdom over rote memorization, character over competition, and holistic development over rigid specializations. This was the foundation of ancient India’s education system ...

"The RSS-BJP do not want an equal system. They do not want Dalits to rise because the Constitution guarantees them rights," he remarked. Gandhi’s speech comes amid a broader debate on caste ...

Played with two sticks, the drum’s vibrations carry an ancient legacy, once used to announce royal decrees ... Yet, its history is as complex as its sound — an instrument, once praised, became a tool ...

Upper-caste landlords’ farmlands were the sun in the solar system of serfdom. This barter order sustained the caste order ... Once at the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI), in fall 2007, I ...

Fortune wrote an article questioning if a Disney World trip was affordable for the average American family and accusing Disney of creating a “caste system ... My kids still enjoy Disney ...

not just on numbers but also on caste and community-wise details on their participation in government and private sectors”. India’s education system too makes very little mention of Dalits, he ...

I was a witness to Gandhi maintaining silence while Mr. Kumar strongly and logically spoke in favour of caste census at INDIA bloc meetings in several places." Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) was part of ...

He has been repeatedly raising the issue of minuscule OBC representation among the secretaries to the government of India—three out of 90, as he said in September 2023. He is evidently convinced that ...

New Delhi: More than 70 percent of Indians believe that religious discrimination is either a ‘moderately’ or ‘very’ big problem in India, among the highest proportions out of 36 countries surveyed ...

Several organizations, including the opposition BJD, have urged a parliamentary committee to consider a caste-based census in India. They argue comprehensive data on various caste groups is essential ...

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Thursday demanded a comprehensive caste census in the country, calling the exercise crucial to understanding the socio-economic conditions of backward classes. The party ...