Topic: Caste

Introduced across six cities, Bihar’s Pink buses were meant to provide safer public transport for women. Yet a year later, the transport department has managed to recruit only six women drivers for 100 buses, most of which are still operated by men.

With centenary year of Mahad satyagraha approaching, Maharashtra govt—after proposals by the nagar parishad over last five years—has green-lit a Rs 55 cr rejuvenation plan.

British Colonial censuses did not merely record caste, they froze it, standardised it, and permanently tied it to governance. Independent India inherited this mechanism.

Brahmins and Ashraafs not only set the rules for social climbing but also imposed rigid categories on the masses through their proximity to British power.

An abused woman responded instinctively, seeking deterrence rather than dominance. To convert that reflex into a political crime exposes moral confusion.

Holding that the process of adoption servers ties with biological parents, the Bombay High Court said child's caste should be the same as its adoptive parents'.

As someone who has spent years speaking about caste, hierarchy, and inequality within Muslim societies, I cannot ignore the pattern anymore.

Temples, military labour markets, and land-grant regimes structured medieval caste hierarchies. Today, access to education, employment, bureaucratic categories, and media platforms do.

IIT-Delhi's third edition of 'Critical Philosophy of Caste and Race' has led to the formation of a committee that would 'investigate serious concerns raised about the conference'.

It will also be first Census wherein data will be collected using mobile applications. About 30 lakh field functionaries will be deployed for the entire process of operations.