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Sociologist Prof. K Kalyani teaches at the School of Arts and Sciences at Azim Premji University in Bengaluru. She researches ...

Most children in India are taught about the four-fold caste system that emerges in the Vedas. However, in real life, these four categories are not distributed equally across India. In North, South, ...

A caste census will reveal India’s worst-kept secret The hierarchical identity system continues to divide the nation of 1.4 billion people almost 100 years after calls for its abolition.

Caste census is only a step that will help Hindu society take a much bigger leap. (The author is co-founder of SatyaHindi and author of 'Reclaiming Bharat' and 'Hindu Rashtra') ...

The Samajwadi Party chief had alleged recently that Kshatriyas were posted as SHOs in a majority of police stations in Agra, Mainpuri and Chitrakoot districts. The Uttar Pradesh Police has termed ...

Taking exception to the data on caste census pertaining to their community that was published in a section of the media, Karnataka Kshatriya Maratha Seva Samiti has urged the State government to ...

Tension gripped the state capital on Tuesday as thousands of members from the Kshatriya community staged a massive protest at the 1090 intersection, demanding strict action against Samajwadi Party ...

These are the Brahmins, who compose poetry; the Kshatriyas, who defend the community; and the Vishaya, who take care of the cows. We know this from Rigvedic hymn 8.35, addressed to the Ashwins.

The conception of the Maratha caste became integral to the social and caste dynamics with the addition of Kshatriya (warrior) discourse and internal class conflicts with the Kunbis. Today they ...

Deep roots of the caste system India's caste system, which splits up Hindus into different societal groups according to their birth, is thought by researchers to go back some 3,000 years. Hindus ...

He feels the Kshatriya caste (which holds a decisive sway in Saidpur-SC, Ghazipur-Sadar and Zamania assembly segments) is of particular importance in improving the position of first-time BJP ...