Families in Nuagaon village of Kendrapara, Odisha, have allegedly boycotted a local anganwadi centre after the appointment of Scheduled Caste cook Sarmistha Sethi. Attendance has dropped sharply, with ...

In the same way, after the shifting of the organisational general secretary, the in-charge regional organisational general ...

Social conditioning compels men to suppress their emotions and expects women to be their emotional fixers, leading to lopsided situations wherein the entire burden of making the relationship work fall ...

Independence, the doors of higher institutes of learning are barely open for marginalised communities as a non-conducive environment flourishes ...

The one-third mandatory participation of women already existed under MGNREGA, and in practice women’s participation ...

Student suicides have risen sharply, with SC, ST and OBC students facing disproportionate exclusion and harassment. Data shows severe underrepresentation of marginalised communities in faculty posts, ...

Upper caste parents in Odisha's Kendrapara district have withheld their children's attendance from an Anganwadi Centre due to the appointment of a 'dalit' woman, Sharmistha Sethy, as a helper. The ...

The origin of the caste system does not lie in religious ideas of purity and pollution, racial differences, tribal or Harappan customs — or even the British census, as recent social media commentary ...

In December 2020, as the world grappled with unequal access to Covid-19 vaccines, another form of inequality was exposed inside India’s prisons. A journalist, Sukanya Shantha, reported how caste, ...

Autocracy rarely storms in with tanks– it usually begins with a government list that expands over time. Under Donald Trump, the government’s dragnet is turning toward naturalized Americans, making ...

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian government ...