Gail Omvedt, expert on India's caste system, passes away

Gail Omvedt, a leading scholar on caste studies, died in Maharashtra's Sangli district on Wednesday after a prolonged illness, family sources said. IMAGE: Gail Omvedt. Photograph: @Prksh_Ambedkar/......

Why Bihar will not see a Dalit upsurge like Gujarat

'In Bihar, the Dalits are not a consolidated socio-political constituency,' says Mohammad Sajjad. In July, when the national media was gazing at the Dalit upsurge in Gujarat's Una, another episode......

Why Parliament passed IT Act without debate

'The new Information Technology Act with the requisite power to allow the Indian State to deal with Information Age challenges was passed by Parliament, without debate, within a month of the Taj......

Caste and the anti-corruption campaign

'Reservations are anathema to many of the core supporters of Anna Hazare...' 'The deeply disturbing aspect of this whole event is the reactionary trend that political and social life, especially......