Beneath the anger of youth uprising lies an older, rigid and unbreakable social order, one that continues to shape the country’s politics, society and economy: caste.
UP govt issued notification Sunday banning caste references in police documents, vehicles and rallies, in compliance with HC order that described caste glorification as 'anti-national'.
Amol Mitkari wrote to UPSC seeking verification of her documents. He later issued an apology for his remarks on social media. But, he hasn't clarified if he has withdrawn the letter, too.
Census notification came hours after Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired high-level meeting. Houselisting Operation will be carried out in first phase of the exercise.
Caste in India, like race in the U.S., shapes power, access, and inequality—yet remains more entrenched, making or breaking the nation's democratic and economic future.
Sonam Raghuvanshi from Indore, accused of murdering her husband Raja Raghuvanshi, couldn’t marry the man of her choice–seemingly because her lover Raj was from the Kushwaha community.
In the book, author Swami Vigyananand argues that Hindu scriptures & ancestors didn't discriminate against people based on 'varna, jati, jnati, skin colour, race, gender, language or region'.
Maha ARC was set up to restructure distressed institutions linked to state government, but officials said the company would have been most useful for reconstructing and selling off sick cooperatives.
At defence conclave, Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh says conflict needs all kinds of weapons, not just the long-range ones, as a paracetamol cannot cure all ailments.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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