Attacks on oppressed-caste women and children have increased by 15% over the last three years, the panel noted.

The sections described how Jainism and Buddhism flourished in the Vedic period because of the inaccessibility of Brahmin rituals.

The acceptance rate, however, still remains skewed in favor of general category students, with SC, ST, and OBC slots often going unfilled.

Consent of the family, community, or clan is not necessary for two consenting adults to get married, SC adds.

The pandemic could be an opportunity to rethink class divides, but so far it's only making them wider.

The rivalry of the Kammas and Kapus is mostly for show.

Even as women unite to protest the three controversial farming laws, they struggle for leadership and land ownership, and against casteism.

"Do people even know what ‘sustainability’ translates to in Hindi, or any other regional language?"

The agency's findings support the public outrage over what is widely perceived as a cover-up.

A panel of IIT directors made the request because the institutes are “of national importance and are involved in research.”

Khap panchayats, the police, and politicians are complicit in keeping Dalit survivors of abuse silent and afraid, finds a new report.

Ninety-seven percent of OBC professorship reservations across 40 central universities were vacant as of August 2020.

"The stronger the patriarchal norms of gender division in households in a region are, the less likely it will be that men share in household chores — even when they have the time."

"If a Brahmin family says 'caste no bar,' they're not looking for someone from a lower caste community. They could probably go a sub-caste lower or within the sub-caste."

This is not the first time dominant castes have used sexual violence as a means to wield power over Dalit women's bodies.

Certain aspects of NEP's implementation, in relation to language and caste, will deepen the societal divides in India.

Punjab’s musicians have a history of critiquing religious and caste hierarchies.

She committed suicide because she had no access to the technology required to attend virtual classes.