UGC’s new equity rules aimed at ending caste discrimination have sparked criticism, with concerns over broad definitions and ...
Follow TNM's WhatsApp channel for news updates and story links.The University Grants Commission (UGC), on January 13, ...
UGC enforces new regulations against caste discrimination in higher education, mandating equity committees and compliance to ...
The final regulations have done away with a section on ‘false complaints’, which, along with provision for fine or ...
Anand Teltumbde mines data and history to analyse the narrow framing, as well as futility, of a caste census in his new book ...
In the book, Teltumbde argues that caste is not a list of categories waiting to be counted but a graded hierarchy that governs access to dignity, education, land, labour, and power. Teltumbde ...
Why did the British start counting castes? The 1857 revolt gave a big jolt to the British. They realised they did not understand India enough. When the Crown took over in 1858, Queen Victoria declared ...
A groundbreaking US survey revealed widespread caste discrimination among Dalits, challenging the notion that it's confined to South Asia. Activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan spearheaded the research, ...
A new research study released by the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) has found that teachers in Bihar’s public schools often misjudge how well their students are performing, and these ...
Caste was skillfully transplanted from feudalism into the fertile ground of the modern Constitution, revived and legitimised in the garb of social justice to manipulate people Why did the independent ...
Bihar is an acknowledged hub of backward classes due to its high population percentage of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs), which together cobble up over 60% of the ...
While caste has reinforced social hierarchies, it also provides Dalits and backward communities a platform to exercise political power Upper-caste groups often use cultural capital to obscure caste, ...
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