Caste Discrimination

SURESH K PANDEY : Are we, the upper class citizens, expecting them to not hydrate? What is the solution we provide if we employ their services?

Culture & Society

Brahminical Supremacy, Class Privilege And Inhumanity: The Failure Of The Indian Upper Middle Class

BY Saumya Baijal

Photo: IMAGO/ANI : JNU Crackdown and the ‘Victim Card’: When Campus Dissent Meets Ideological Power

JNU Violence And The ‘Victim Card’: When Campus Dissent Meets A Police Crackdown

BY Anand Teltumbde

MAGO / NurPhoto : College girls walk on a playground in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 30, 2025. SRINAGAR

UGC Regulations Become New Flashpoint in Jammu and Kashmir’s Identity Politics

BY Ishfaq Naseem

Life, Cut Short: Payal Tadvi at her convocation ceremony

Class And Caste

BY Priyanka Tupe

Darshan Solanki

Caste in Classrooms: Discrimination in Higher Education

BY Ashlin Mathew

|Representational Image : A Professor’s Death and the Caste Faultlines in J&K’s Universities

A Professor’s Death and the Caste Faultlines in J&K’s Universities

BY Ishfaq Naseem

Past Protest: Students protesting in 1990 against the recommendations of the Mandal Commission for quotas in government jobs for backward castes with signs including anti-PM V. P. Singh

Everybody Is A Guerrilla: No Justification For Opposing The UGC Equity Regulations

BY Mohammad Sajjad

| Photo: IMAGO/ANI News : Advocates of Allahabad High Court stage a protest against UGC over new caste-based equality rules in colleges Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh

The Higher, The Lower: India's Entrenched Caste Hierarchy Feels Challenged By UGC Guidelines

| Photo: IMAGO/ANI News : Students of Lucknow University stage a protest against UGC's new caste-based equality rules in colleges at university campus, in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

Seeking Equity: Caste Discrimination Remains Firmly Entrenched With Little Progress

BY Surajit Mazumdar

Illustration: Vikas Thakur

Seeking Equity: Time For Course Correction

BY Sukhadeo Thorat

Illustration: Vikas Thakur : The new guidelines, they argued, would weaponise anti-caste law, expose the faculty to frivolous complaints, and unleash a wave of false cases under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

The Myth Of Misuse: Examining The 'False Cases' Narrative in UGC Debate

BY Mrinalini Dhyani

| Photo: Imago/ANI : Up in Arms: Students of Lucknow University stage a protest against the new UGC equity regulations

Seeking Equity: UGC Norms Expose Cracks In The Caste Coalition

BY Mohammad Ali

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Sins of Savarnatva: Caste Anxiety and the UGC’s New Equity Framework

Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari : Fair Demand: Delhi police detain an activist from the Students’ Federation of India during a protest in Delhi on February 5 demanding the immediate implementation of the UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026

Aggressive Victimhood Versus Predictable Protests

BY Ajay Gudavarthy

| Photo: Special arrangement : In Memory: Rohith Vemula’s mother standing next to his bust at Velivada, his memorial site on the HCU campus

Seeking Equity: Caste Discrimination Continues At HCU 10 Years After Rohith Vemula's Suicide

BY N.K. Bhoopesh

Replug: 50 Years Of Bonded Labour Abolition Act And Why Equality Remains A Dream For Millions In India

Replug: 50 Years Of Bonded Labour Abolition Act And Why Equality Remains A Dream For Millions In India

BY Saher Hiba Khan

File photo : Supreme Court Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of Aravalli Definition Row

Supreme Court Plea Challenges UGC's 'Non-Inclusionary' Definition Of Caste-Based Discrimination

BY Outlook News Desk

File Photo; Representative image : “To end this discrimination, one must eradicate caste from the mind. If this is done honestly, caste discrimination will be eradicated within 10 to 12 years,” Bhagwat said.

Caste Discrimination Will End Only When Caste Is Removed From The Mind: RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat

BY Outlook News Desk

Dailt Scholar Rohith Vemula

Rohith Vemula Act A Necessity: Rahul Gandhi On Dalit Scholar's 10th Death Anniversary

BY Outlook News Desk

Mortral remains of Ramnarayan Baghel

Caste at the Centre: 2025 and India’s Unfinished Struggle

File photo; Representative image : Kumar, who was serving as ADGP in Haryana, allegedly left behind an eight-page final note accusing eight senior IPS officers.

Haryana on High Alert After IPS Officer Y Puram Kumar’s Alleged Suicide

BY Outlook News Desk

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Caste Never Went Away: Violence, Humiliation and Resistance Still Shape Our Lives

BY Outlook News Desk

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Dhadak 2: CBFC Clears Triptii Dimri- Siddhant Chaturvedi's Film After 16 Cuts? Here's What We Know

BY Outlook Entertainment Desk

(representative image) : Upper Caste Encroachers Stop Dalit Man's Last Rites On Government Land In MP, Leads To Clash

Upper Caste Encroachers Stop Dalit Man's Last Rites On Government Land In MP, Leads To Clash

BY PTI

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Guru Ravidass, Begumpura And Bhakti Episteme

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