Facing systemic exclusion, scores of Dalit families in Gujarat are turning to Buddhism. But official recognition of these ...

Importantly, Neelakandan’s approach to the Indian caste system has the potential to open the space for a healthy discourse. The author makes a case for new social science in India.

Basavaraj Kattimani Trust honors Baraguru Ramachandrappa for his impactful writing and filmmaking contributions in Belagavi.

Dalit wedding violence in Uttar Pradesh highlights caste tensions during celebrations, leading to attacks and police ...

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

CHAPTER 7 Gertrude’s brother-in-law and sister strongly opposed the marriage because I was only a clerk. But she was ...

India, June 6 -- Aravindan Neelakandan in his 'A Dharmic Social History of India' has sought to deconstruct the widely held views on the Indian caste system. That the Indian caste system is rigid ...

Raeden Richardson’s surreal, gritty novel both dazzles and overwhelms, while showing empathy for the marginalised and their ...

Bihar is considered the cradle of political movement that culminated in the imposition of Emergency in India on June 25, 1975 ...

CHAPTER 6 The 1920s in Sri Lanka was a period of excitement and change. Politically there was significant movement after many ...

Appan, Achan, Appachan, Ayyan, Ayyappan etc. are terms of reverence originating from ancient Tamil and Pali that were originally used to address the Jinas or the Buddha/Boddhisatva in ancient ...