Ayyankali fought for the rights of the oppressed castes in a variety of ways—from claiming public spaces to autonomy for the individual body and access to government education.
Ashok Swami, who has a sweet shop in Charkhi Dadri and belongs to backward classes, is the father of Saurabh Swami, a 2015-batch IAS officer. His comments targeted Charkhi Dadri DC Preeti.
The ad was aimed to promote food delivery service's voluntary waste recycling policy. National Commission for Scheduled Castes has taken suo moto cognizance of the matter.
Battle lines are being drawn in response to the emergence of caste fissures in the American workplace, thanks to California Civil Rights Department's case against CISCO.
Charanjit Singh Channi is a Ramdasia, whose elevation as Punjab CM has propelled the issues and political identity of Dalit Sikhs to the centre stage of the state's politics.
I joined JNU’s Centre for Historical Studies in 1995, and found that books and archival materials on Dalits and Adivasis were scarce. Keeping up the Brahminical caste status was a primary motive of these studies.
The reach and impact of influencers are so significant that even politicians such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi have recognised their value—the National Creators Award is proof.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.
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