Society & Culture

Is caste different from Social Stratification? The book ‘Western Foundations of the Caste System,’ by S.N. Balagangadhara seeks to answer the question: “How is caste different...

An unobservant traveller, driving from Rajasthan and entering Punjab through the city of Abohar in the Fazilka district, might completely miss the fact that...

Bharat has been castigated for 'caste', a European construct which was force-fitted onto our Varna/Jaati social categories. Ironically, racist colonizing cultures which committed numerous...

Actress Lakshmi Priya, born Sabeena Abdul Lateef to Muslim parents in Alappuzha of Kerala, got her name changed and published in the latest gazette,...

Every day we watch an increasing amount of anti-Hindu activity in media and academia led by women with names like Meena, Priyamvada, and Suchitra,...

Another child marriage case has been reported from Malappuram district in Kerala, where a 25-year old Muslim ‘married’ a minor. The groom, his parents...

After 'Feminism in India', which hailed the Hijab as a sign of liberty and choice while defaming the ghunghat as a sign of 'oppression',...

Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar was born to a Bengali Brahmin family in Bharat on April 7, 1920, Benares, as the youngest of seven brothers and originally named...

An undated video doing the rounds on social media should act as a wake-up call for every right-thinking Bharatiya, irrespective of religion or creed. The...

Even as liberals, including Dravidianists, are defending the Manyavar ad, on Tamil language Twitter a female BJP functionary continues to face vile, sexist abuse...