The essays in the book remind the reader that castelessness myths represent particularly insidious caste politics by ...

RSS publicity chief Sunil Ambekar says communal tensions predate the Sangh and call for collective Hindu-Muslim solutions, questions caste-based politics, and warns that AI will transform but not ...

Madras High Court said Tamil Nadu's evolving electorate offers a historic opportunity to eradicate caste discrimination ...

Anthropologist Carola E. Lorea traces Matua struggles over displacement, citizenship and caste as electoral politics reshapes ...

Identity and caste are common currency denominations in Uttar Pradesh—for the privileged as much as for caste-emancipatory politics. The government has now issued a directive that outlaws a central ...

"The problem is with Mr Rahul Gandhi. Even if you have to be a doctor, this kind of argument comes into it without knowing ...

People line up outside a polling booth to cast their votes during voting for the Kerala state legislature elections in Kochi, India, April 6, 2021. Credit: AP Photo/R S Iyer The demand for a ...

The BJP, however, believes that reports of the collapse of its backward caste coalition are premature. BJP spokesperson ...

On October 2, the government of the eastern Indian state of Bihar released the report of a survey on the state’s population by caste – a traditional hierarchical division in Hindu society. The state ...

The controversy surrounding Ram Charan’s latest film Peddi began with criticism over its portrayal of women, particularly the ...

More often, Islam’s egalitarian principles are invoked by Muslims to avoid deeper engagement with the question of caste ...

The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, with population of nearly 220 million, goes to the polls from Feb. 11 to Mar. 8 in what will be the biggest democratic election in the world this year. Here's a look ...