The NCP chief has been asked to appear before the inquiry commission on May 5 and 6, Satpute added.
India has always seen the politicisation of food culture, whether in mid-day meals or the food on a poor man’s plate. Such politics are intertwined with...
What constitutes Dalit food? There are many choices but no palatable answers.
In this personal essay, an upper caste boy questions discriminatory rituals by giving instances of othering in lower castes.
Caste remains a taboo in Bollywood. It is at best treated gingerly. Mostly, depictions follow insensitive social norms.
Ambedkar publicly converted to Buddhism in 1956 over 20 years after he declared his intent to convert. In the meantime, he studied other prominent religions...
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had on Saturday said that the Congress reached out to the BSP leader, offering her the chief minister's post for contesting the...
Literature coming out of the state once celebrated communal harmony, but current political developments have exacerbated the paradox and dilemma of Hindi...
Mooknayak, meaning hero or spokesperson of the mute, was the first newspaper launched by Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar. Today, its heir apparent, The Mooknayak, carries...
Dozens of Dalit journalists have started their own YouTube channels and websites to become the voices of the community.
UP Election Results: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the ‘misleading’ campaign run by the Opposition over the past 2-3 days have been set aside by the...
While CM Yogi Adityanath is almost certain to have a clear lead in the Urban area, BJP may benefit from the fragmentation among the opposition parties, their...
The play ‘Babasaheb: The Grand Musical,’ directed by Mahua Chauhan and organised by the Delhi government, celebrates the journey of the political leader...
The huge crowd in BSP rallies and campaigning by Mayawati and Satish Chandra Mishra has also gained a lot of ground for party candidates.
In the Hindi belt’s transactional politics, more and more caste groups are asserting their identity by harking back to historical or mythical icons, to...
UP Election 2022: Home Minister Amit Shah, while hitting out at both the Samajwadi Party and BSP, accused them of keeping Uttar Pradesh divided on caste lines.
Nirmala Bharatiya was chosen by Priyanka Gandhi as the candidate from Chitrakoot after the Congress general secretary heard her speak about the problems of the...
UP Election 2022: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi said for the last 30 years there has been politics in Uttar Pradesh on the basis of caste and religion, which...
This Dalit-dominated area in Awadh has been the seat of the country’s rulers --- Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and now Smriti Irani. The long...
The results of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh polls will depend on the stitching of electoral alliances with OBCs and poaching of their leaders. Other issues may be...
UP Election: In Bundelkhand BJP is banking on mega projects like the Ken-Betwa river linking plan and the Defence Industrial Corridor to win the contest, while...
It remains to be seen whether mobilisation of castes will turn out to be the most crucial factor in the ongoing polls but the people queuing up at the polling...
Earlier, Meja and Karachhana together formed one constituency. And had an interesting history. BJP could never win this Vidhan Sabha seat until 2017.
Let’s glance through the years at how the Caste System has been represented in movies. Starting from the black-and-white era, till now, has the showcasing of...
Has the Hindutva consolidation reached saturation, or will caste assertion make a comeback in the 2022 assembly polls?