According to modern research (ref. Caste System in India, Wikipedia) the caste system was a British perversion of India’s traditional social categories, influenced by the Spanish “casta” or ...

Caste enumeration is a necessary exercise that will inevitably change the composition and politics of this social identity marker. Such a headcount wouldn’t just record reality, but may actually ...

Sociologist Prof. K Kalyani teaches at the School of Arts and Sciences at Azim Premji University in Bengaluru. She researches ...

Effectively, an American state body tried to define religious beliefs, claiming that the caste system was an integral part of Hinduism. It even assigned religion to an individual based on its own ...

Uncovering India's genetic richness through comprehensive genomic mapping reveals unique ancestry and health implications for ...

The Earliest Settlers: The Ancient Ancestral South Indians (AASI ... social systems that emerged in later periods, such as ...

I do not want that our loyalty as Indians should be to any particular community. I want all people to be Indian first, Indian ...

A caste conflict has broken out in the High Court bar, with upper caste lawyers successfully preventing Ambedkarites from installing the statue.

Delhi University introduces a new Sanskrit course, 'Dharmashastra Studies,' featuring Manusmriti as a primary text. The course explores ancient Indian society, covering the varna system, marriage ...

New Delhi: Delhi University has asked the applicants under the reserved categories to disclose their sub-caste details during registration on its Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) portal for ...

The NEP sets the direction, but without funding, autonomy, and real implementation, it will remain a vision without velocity.