At 2 p.m. every Wednesday, about 15 to 20 women who form a Mahila Panchayat, or Women’s Council, gather in a modest, dimly lit room in the Jehangirpuri area of the Indian capital city New Delhi, to ...

Indian Christians take part in a ‘Black Day’ protest marking a controversial Aug 10, 1950 decree excluding marginalized people who left Hinduism from key quota benefits under India's affirmative ...

The Supreme Court of India granted a final opportunity on Tuesday for states and union territories to comply with its directives to eradicate caste discrimination within prisons. This development ...

CHENNAI: Welcoming the verdict of the Supreme Court on Thursday that said that the OBC non-creamy layer status cannot be determined solely based on parental income, Chief Minister M K Stalin said the ...

The Supreme Court’s decision to revisit its Handbook on Combating Gender Stereotypes has now been accompanied by an assurance that any revised directions will be framed in keeping with the “Indian ...

Democracy rarely collapses in spectacle. It erodes considerably quietly through notifications, amendments, withdrawals and ...

Why do people defend social systems that oppress them? Why do the marginalized sometimes work to uphold structures and arrangements that limit their potential? These questions are not just ...

Indian director Suman Sen (Oscar-nominated short film “The Silent Echo”) is at the 2023 Taiwan Creative Content Fest with his in-development debut feature film “Solo” (aka “Solo”). The film will ...

When the University Grants Commission introduced anti-caste discrimination rules in January 2026, campuses erupted in protest. Outlook examines why equity safeguards triggered such fierce opposition ...