Previously, SC/ST caste certificates were issued only based on the fathers' caste certificate or paternal side certificates.

SC communities face violence for carrying bodies "across certain lands belonging to the people of the so-called higher castes," the court said.

35% of women also underwent physical tests by male doctors without another female in the room, violating the Charter of Patients' Rights.

Men from oppressor castes burst firecrackers and said "the Indian team lost because too many Dalits have made it to the team."

Some experts argue that enumerating caste has the “potential to be the beginning of the end of caste."

Anti-caste pedagogy would respect the agency and experience of all students, promote non-hierarchical relationships, and question how knowledge is transacted.

Prestigious institutions such as the IITs are in dire need of an internal assessment of systemic issues, Veetil noted.

An inspector and two constables were suspended in connection with the death of Mariyamma, who was arrested in a robbery case.

The characters navigate their life choices using lies and deceit to survive a world set up against them.

"Shortcuts that brush off human rights seem good on paper, but the eventual conflict both hurts worker's employment and indefinitely blocks companies' investments."

The court's ruling was in response to a case where a blind woman from an oppressed caste was sexually assaulted.

"The only purpose of using terms like devadasi is to induce trauma and keep women from courtesan castes away from discourse on the performing arts."

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.