IIT Delhi conference on caste and racism, its academic significance, and the controversy fueled by social media trolls, ...

The interim order staying the UGC’s 2026 anti-discrimination guidelines has revived long-standing historical debates on merit ...

Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Tuesday said that under the current law, no person or political party ...

The reservation system in India was originally conceived as a temporary measure to uplift historically disadvantaged communities. It was meant to provide equal opportunities in education, employment, ...

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL questioning the procedure to be adopted to record, classify and verify the caste data of citizens in the 2027 general census.

It also took note of a government order issued pursuant to earlier court directions, recognising that caste-based rallies ...

The  ruling in Keshaw Mahto vs State of Bihar raises a difficult but necessary question: can caste humiliation be legally recognised if it does not announce itself in explicit words, but lives on ...

UGC Equity Bill 2026, shaped by campus deaths and resistance, is vital to confronting caste and racial discrimination in higher education.

The term “Vishwaguru” has become especially widespread in India these days. The reason is not only that Prime Minister Modi ...

If India commands none of the levers of digital supremacy, why do its code and coders grease the Western IT machinery?

Esteemed sociologist Andre Beteille, aged 91, has passed away due to age-related illness. Known for his impactful work on caste and social inequalities in India, Beteille was a Professor Emeritus at ...

Why India’s debate on reservations misses a deeper crisis in higher education quality and talent development ...