Malana’s “no-touch” rule requires outsiders to avoid touching villagers, houses, walls, temples and certain objects.

Shivraj Singh Yadav, a leader of Samajwadi Party and a close aide of party chief Akhilesh Yadav, sparked a huge controversy ...

Retired judges to senior advocates recommend legal classics, constitutional texts, philosophy, and reflective reading to ...

Varanasi: In a landmark genetic study that provides significant evidence to refute the long-debated Aryan Invasion Theory ...

Real national pride is earned through outcomes, not announced through slogans. A country that cannot teach its own children ...

HOLLYWOOD, CA — The documentary The Caste Rush drew a packed audience at its August 9 screening in Hollywood, sparking animated discussions among attendees moved by its subject matter. The 60-minute ...

Placing personality at the centre of politics is not new in India. Supporters of Indira Gandhi, an autocratic prime minister, ...

As polluted cities exhaust urban India, heritage tourism promises refuge in a curated past. But beneath rustic luxury lie ...

The text interrogates enduring narratives woven by established statistics on access and parity in Indian higher education.

Caste, by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson lingers, forcing a reckoning with the structures we live inside ...

The unexplained years of Jesus’ life, between his youth and ministry, have inspired enduring theories of eastern travel. From ...