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Thursday, November 27, 2025
TopicCaste identity

Topic: caste identity

In Parliament, Akhilesh says it takes ‘99 abuses to become minister’, Thakur digs up old ‘jaati’ clip

Ruckus & sloganeering disrupt House proceedings, Speaker Om Birla claims its Oppn strategy. Fighting for caste census for Dalits and Adivasis, says Congress's Gaurav Gogoi.

Continue on Hindutva path or give in to Mandal politics — BJP’s 2024 dilemma after Bihar caste survey

Often tagged a 'party of upper-castes', the ruling BJP is already facing demands from the Opposition for a national caste census ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

It’s the Merchants of Marwar who gave a new meaning to being Hindu—before the British came

In her book, Merchants of Virtue: Hindus, Muslims, Untouchables in Eighteenth-Century South Asia, Divya Cherian studies the mercantile class as agents of social and legal change.

‘Dejected with exploitation’– Students stage nude protest in Raipur against fake SC/ST certificates

The youths belonging to SC/ST groups complained of instances where individuals not belonging to the reserved categories were exploiting their quotas.

Goodbye, General Category. EWS quota ends savarna’s long-enjoyed casteless identity

10% quota in government jobs and educational institutions is not an inclusive affirmative action policy but will exclusively benefit the so-called 'General Category'.

‘Castelessness is a privilege only upper caste can afford,’ says Justice D.Y. Chandrachud 

Speaking at the B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture, the Supreme Court judge says elite castes must ‘break free’ from the past and confer respect to the marginalised. 

On Camera

Dubai Air Show crash needs calm analysis, not outrage and noisy nationalism

Sometimes the machine just gives up, unable to keep pace with the will of the military mind of the air warrior. That’s what happened in Palam 1989 and Dubai 2025.

Chhattisgarh pitches state as hub for ‘specialty steel’, nets investment plans of Rs 6,321 crore

Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector. 

Asim Munir set to take charge as overall commander of Pakistan military, most powerful Army chief ever

In largest overhaul of military command in 5 decades, Field Marshal Asim Munir set to assume post of Chief of Defence Forces tomorrow, as Army claims primacy in Pakistan armed forces.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.