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I am not going to take this insult quietly, says Ashis Nandy

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New Delhi: Asserting that he has worked for Dalits, OBCs and adivasis for 45 years of his life, sociologist Ashis Nandy, who stoked a controversy with his comments at the Jaipur Literature Festival (

India's poorest turn video journalists to fill news gap

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One video shows police beating protesters with sticks. Another shows two lifeless, dirty bodies dragged from their workplace in the sewers. In a third, a man explains why his hand was slashed.

The di

Debate over SC/ST status for dalit christians

The Assembly on Wednesday witnessed intense debate between Congress members and ruling AIADMK ministers on the issue of inclusion of dalit Christians in SC/ST category.

Speaking on the debate on dema

Discrimination continues for dalit village panchayats

The dalit village panchayat presidents are no exception from caste discriminations if one goes by a study conducted in 10 districts of the state.

According to a study by Evidence, a Madurai-based

Anthology of dalit writing to hit stands April 10

For the generation that has known M.C. Raja as the name of hostel and Ayothiya Dasar as the name of a research centre, here comes the Oxford anthology of Tamil dalit writing. The anthology, to be rele

Mayawati denies increase in dalit atrocities

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has refuted the charges of Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes regarding diversion of special component plan fund and increase in cases of c

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.