His life deserves close study by every rationalist.” Santram, though of the Shudra caste, stood apart from other prominent anti-caste radicals such as Ambedkar and Periyar. While they challenged ...

Communal incidents in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts of coastal Karnataka were at their lowest in 14 years in 2024, ...

Swami Satchidananda of Sivagiri Mutt and Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan have said that men should not be required to take off ...

To mark the memory of this remarkable woman we bring to you her letters to life partner Jyotiba. Jyotiba and Savitribai were ...

The Maurya dynasty, one of the most illustrious empires in Indian history, has left an indelible mark on the subcontinent’s ...

Dilip Mandal is the former managing editor of India Today Hindi Magazine, and has authored books on media and sociology.

The caste equations in Maharashtra and how Shivaji ... to the coronation that some Brahmins oppose since Shivaji is a Shudra, a farmer. A devoted Brahmin follower of Shivaji, Moropant (Pingale ...

The Shudra/OBC category was never seen as an ideological category, unlike the Muslim and Dalit category, by Congress and aligned intellectuals. They, by and large, remained a silent caste in its ...

Atul Kumar, the son of a daily wage worker and from the Scheduled Caste community, lost his seat at IIT Dhanbad after he was unable to pay the seat booking fee of ₹17,500 that was required to ...