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

Béteille, one of India’s most influential sociologists and a scholar whose work reshaped the study of caste, class, and ...

It seems like every few months, there’s some kind of news about problems with the scientific publishing industry. Why does ...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (February 3, 2026) hit out at the Government over the India-U.S. trade deal, claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been “compromised”.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a host of measures today to push India's Viksit Bharat vision forward. You can read FM Sitharaman's full Union Budget 2026 speech here.

India’s electoral system was born not from consensus but from coercion and compromise, a reality revisited by author and ...

The case, relating to the death by suicide of her 26-year-old daughter Dr Payal Tadvi in 2019 due to alleged ragging and caste-based harassment, remains stuck in court.

Why have there been protests? How have the regulations defined caste-based discrimination? Why were new regulations ...

Arijit Singh, India’s most-streamed playback singer, stunned fans by declaring he will no longer take new Bollywood singing assignments. While he continues to finish pending work, the move highlights ...

Guru Ravidas is a revered Indian saint, poet, and social reformer who always fought against caste discrimination. Saint ...

Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka stated that if the financial situation becomes favourable, the entire Cabinet, ...

Excerpted with permission from the publisher The Fractured Age: How the Return of Geopolitics Will Splinter the Global ...