Our entire future depends on politics and nothing else. Neither pilgrimages to Pandharpur, Trimbakeshwar, Kashi, Haridwar, etc., nor fasting such as Shani Maha ...

In an interview with Frontline, the Dalit poet and thinker Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy discusses Buddha, Basava, and Ambedkar’s ...

Will worthies such as the PM and Maharashtra CM promote films that show atrocities against Dalits and women in the past?

“Though Sharanas fought against the varna and caste system, the book says otherwise. We believe that the book is RSS-promoted propaganda,” sources said, adding that the JLM had brought out the ...

KK Kochu spearheaded a cultural and democratic transformation in Kerala’s Dalit movement, steering it toward a cultural and democratic turn in the wake of the Mandal-Masjid era and the rise of ...

Nevertheless, he finally confirmed that Hinduism had enough avenues to spiritual freedom ... which made him reexamine his faith in the varna system. Gandhi overnighted at Sivagiri Mutt, attending ...

Discrimination based on birth was outlawed in India in 1950 but the legacy of the caste system continues to be felt around ...

By Ram Puniyani Since the demolition of Babri mosque by RSS Combine(1992), history has started dominating the social space. A ...

Each varna has a line of work associated with it ... Castes aren't confined to Hinduism. They impact virtually all Indians. “South Asians of all religions identify with caste,” the Hindu ...