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Nearly a hundred years after Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar’s famous treatise, The Annihilation of Caste, who would have thought that India would turn a full circle, or should I say turn turtle? For today ...

In the book, Teltumbde argues that caste is not a list of categories waiting to be counted but a graded hierarchy that governs access to dignity, education, land, labour, and power. Teltumbde ...

Why did the British start counting castes? The 1857 revolt gave a big jolt to the British. They realised they did not understand India enough. When the Crown took over in 1858, Queen Victoria declared ...

In a first-of-its-kind institutional exercise, the Supreme Court has released a report on “judicial conceptions of caste” that urges judges to adopt constitutionally sensitive vocabulary in ...

With Dalit Chief Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai retiring, India's top court will be down to one Dalit and one woman — with most of the judges being upper-caste Hindu men. Is the court ready for more ...

Caste-based discrimination is not just an ‘Indian social issue’. It is a global phenomenon, seen ‘from Britain to Bahrain, Canada to South Africa.’ Join us at this Sussex Development Lecture to hear ...

While caste has reinforced social hierarchies, it also provides Dalits and backward communities a platform to exercise political power Upper-caste groups often use cultural capital to obscure caste, ...

Police in poll-bound Bihar cautioned people against posting songs with provocative caste overtones on social media and said strict action would be taken against those trying to disrupt peace and ...

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