Discrimination against individuals based on caste would seem to be a relic of the past. Even in India, where the caste system was most rigid, the practice has been officially banned since 1950.

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic issues ...

From chairs and typewriters to photos and letters, everyday objects are filling archives as companies and collectors build a history of contemporary India ...

De-notified, Nomadic, and Semi-nomadic Tribes must be enumerated separately in 2027 Census and given legal recognition for socio-economic uplift ...

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Census enumeration, being undertaken after a long gap of 15 years, will commence in Tamil Nadu from July 17 and last till August 30.

The Infosys Prize 2025 in Humanities and Social Sciences was recently awarded to Professor Andrew Ollett, who teaches at the ...

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The peninsular tongue, Tamil, found in Robert Caldwell an admirer so ardent, yet so profoundly ambiguous, that his scholarly ...

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