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Rohit Vemula to Payal Tadvi: Lessons in discrimination, from India’s classrooms

To honour the promise BR Ambedkar made in the Constitution will require a new compact for our marginalised students, and an honest reckoning with their social realities.

Published 25 days ago

The economics of exclusion: How far have we come on caste?

The slim 50-page manifesto stands out for its lucidity and revolutionary invocation.

Updated 75 days ago

Panchayat actor reveals jarring casteism in village: 'Still can't enter temple'

Vinod Suryavanshi was noticed for a small but significant role in Panchayat season 4.

Updated 99 days ago

Keeping up with UP: Dalit women take the lead in Ambedkarite movement

Floral tributes being offered to Ambedkar on his birth anniversary. (PTI)

Updated 101 days ago

Kannur Dental College denies caste angle in BDS student death, cites loan app issue

Kannur Dental College denies caste angle in BDS student death, cites loan app issue

Published 102 days ago

Babasaheb in our times

A spectacle of symbolism, centred around empty eulogisation of Ambedkar, is standing in for a more radical, emancipatory vision of politics. (Santosh Kumar/HT Photo)

Updated 108 days ago

‘Not isolated tragedy’: Tharoor on Kerala BDS student's death 'over caste abuse'

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that Nithin Raj's family alleges that he was mocked for his caste, skin colour, and financial background.

Updated 109 days ago

Quote of the day by Jyotirao Phule: ‘Without education wisdom was lost…’

Jyotiba Phule was born on April 11, 1827.

Published 110 days ago

Work for unity against divisive forces, says RSS' Dattareya Hosabale

Work for unity against divisive forces, says RSS' Dattareya Hosabale

Published 138 days ago

Teachers' body seeks Centre's stand on 'casteist remarks' by JNU V-C; demands her removal

Teachers' body seeks Centre's stand on 'casteist remarks' by JNU V-C; demands her removal

Published 147 days ago

‘Caste oriented’ remarks spark war of words over UGC rules in Assembly

RJD legislators demonstrate during the Budget Session outside the Bihar Assembly in Patna on Friday. (Santosh Kumar/HT)

Updated 159 days ago

Protests, FIRs, now a ban at DU: Campus on the boil over UGC anti-casteism rules

Students protesting against the UGC at the Arts Faculty of Delhi University.

Updated 163 days ago

Suspended Bareilly city magistrate welcomes Supreme Court observations, stay on UGC regulations

2019-batch PCS officer Alankar Agnihotri publicly announced his resignation on Republic Day. Later, the Uttar Pradesh government suspended him. (FILE PHOTO)

Published 181 days ago

Stalin backs new UGC regulations

The UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026 is a delayed but welcome step, Stalin said. (PTI)

Published 181 days ago

Court draws the redline for UGC

Educational campuses hold exceptional importance in the national life of a developing country such as India because they’re de facto vehicles of modernity and prosperity. (HT Archive)

Updated 182 days ago

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin backs UGC regulations on equity in educational institutes

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin. (X)

Published 182 days ago

Supreme Court stays UGC regulations on definition of caste discrimination

The Supreme Court passed the judgment on Thursday.

Updated 182 days ago

Kalraj, Brij Bhushan voice concern over new UGC rules, call for rollback

Former governor Kalraj Mishra has said the grievance redressal committee should have representation from all sections of society. (FILE PH OTO)

Published 182 days ago

UGC regulations against caste bigotry need tweaks

It is hard to imagine that Equity Committees will possess adequate understanding of the discrimination embedded in untouchability. (HT Archive)

Published 183 days ago

Time to deliver on promise of equality

Professor Shailaja Paik, during an Interview with Hindustan Times in New Delhi. (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

Updated 178 days ago

Soon, bill to protect Dalit, ST students: T’gana DyCM

Rohith Vemula’s mother and others present the draft bill to Telangana deputy chief minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka in Hyderabad on Saturday. (HT PHOTO)

Published 193 days ago

10 years on, how Vemula’s death forced policy shifts

Rohith Vemula, a PHD student, died by suicide at the University of Hyderabad following months of caste discrimination. (Hindustan Times)

Published 194 days ago

SC orders release of Madhya Pradesh man held for ‘hate crime’ under NSA

The SC order came against the backdrop of the incident occurred in Sataria village of Damoh district, which triggered judicial scrutiny last year. (HT Photo)

Published 204 days ago

Telangana Dalit intern doctor dies by suicide after marriage promise broken

The intern's suicide is linked to the withdrawal of a marriage proposal by a senior doctor.

Published 205 days ago

Lawyer father kills 17-year-old over ‘inter-caste’ relation in Bihar’s Banka

Lawyer father kills 17-year-old over ‘inter-caste’ relation in Bihar’s Banka

Published 206 days ago

‘This is Squid Game’: Indian H-1B visa holder sues US employer for forced labor

Amrutesh Vallabhaneni, an H-1B visa holder, sues Siri Software Solutions for forced labor and wage theft.

Published 260 days ago

The police have only one caste, Khaki, says Haryana DGP OP Singh

Haryana director general of police (DGP) OP Singh (File)

Published 273 days ago

‘Struggle for social change is the DNA of Dalit literature’

Mumbai, India – 19, Oct 2025: Shri Arjun Dangle (Author), Dr. Raosaheb Kasbe (Author & Thinker) and other guests during the Dr. M. N. Wankhade Centenary Tribute Ceremony at the Ravindra Natya Mandir in Prabhadevi. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo)

Published 283 days ago

Dalit boy’s suicide:50- year-old woman arrested in Himachal’s Shimla

The arrest comes a day after the Himachal Pradesh high court had declined the pre arrest bail of the woman. (File)

Published 286 days ago

Haryana ASI found dead, FIR names late IPS officer's wife: Twists after suicide

Haryana Police assistant of sub-inspector (ASI) Sandeep Lathar (left), IPS officer Y Puran Kumar (centre) and his wife Amneet P Kumar.

Updated 287 days ago

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