caste system news

Drawing Room: Vinu VV’s wooden sculptures showcase the trauma of casteism

Vinu VV’s Ochhakal, or Reverberations, depicts the cruel treatments meted out to Dalits.

brunch

Updated on Jul 10, 2026 11:59 pm IST

‘Not a person who is afraid’: TN LoP Stalin clarifies Sanatan Dharma remark

Tamil Nadu LoP Udhayanidhi Stalin

india news

Updated on May 15, 2026 12:22 pm IST

Basavanna's ideals relevant till caste system ends, says CM Siddaramaiah

bengaluru news

Published on Apr 20, 2026 06:17 pm IST

The negative echoes of a divided education system

Since no course evaluation or any other procedure ensuring transparency exists, pedagogic experience remains confined to a student’s personal memory. (Shutterstock)

opinion

Published on Mar 11, 2026 08:31 pm IST

Meet a nun, a farmer, other outliers showing art at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale

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Sister Roswin, 35, born Malu Joy, is showing 30 drawings, eight small terracotta busts, and two large sculptural installations, most of which feature older nuns. (Photos via the artists: Kochi Biennale Foundation; Dhamini Ratnam / HT)

art culture

Updated on Mar 07, 2026 07:14 pm IST

DU bans protests on campus for a month amid row over UGC's anti-casteism rules

A group of students from Delhi University protesting against the UGC's rules against discrimination, terming them biased, on the DU North Campus in New Delhi.

india news

Updated on Feb 17, 2026 02:33 pm IST

Hemang Ashwinkumar: “I have seen words transform lives”

Translator Hemang Ashwinkumar (Courtesy the subject)

books

Published on Jan 23, 2026 09:34 pm IST

Indian jails: Prisoners of the caste system

The Court’s judgment affirms that prisons exist to reform, not humiliate. Yet caste-based hierarchies have survived for generations, a silent nod of institutional complacency, cloaked in bureaucratic plausible deniability. (HT Archive)

opinion

Published on Dec 31, 2025 08:25 pm IST

Inglorious ways of showcasing power

When a person’s entire worth is dependent on the position he occupies on a hierarchical scale, the assertion of status (and its recognition by others) becomes of crucial importance (Hindustan Times)

opinion

Published on Nov 29, 2025 06:24 pm IST

Bihar assembly polls: The state where caste bests religion

An artist paints a voter awareness mural in Patna, Bihar.

india news

Updated on Oct 28, 2025 06:33 pm IST

‘Indeed from upper caste’: Cong's Udit Raj on US argument on Indian oil refiners

Udit Raj stressed on the caste of Indian oil refiners, not naming names.

india news

Updated on Sept 01, 2025 04:46 pm IST

Movies on caste discrimination beyond Dhadak 2: Sairat, Super 30, Sonchiriya

Dhadak 2 and Sairat

others

Updated on Aug 01, 2025 03:47 pm IST

Breaking barriers: Anti-superstition body launches inter-caste matchmaking centre

india news

Updated on Oct 07, 2025 02:44 am IST

Day after PM lauds caste census decision, Congress hits back with two videos

Jairam Ramesh hits back with two videos, a day after PM Modi lauded the caste census decision,

india news

Published on May 26, 2025 11:40 am IST

HistoriCity: How caste evolved in ancient India

Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.

opinion

Updated on Apr 24, 2025 01:18 pm IST

‘…we DON’T have a caste system': US House Rep hits back against Indian diaspora

Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) has been making the headlines for a series of controversial remarks and choices lately.

us news

Published on Mar 04, 2025 01:11 am IST

India’s founding document sparked a social revolution

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BR Ambedkar and Rajendra Prasad, two of the stalwarts of the Constituent Assembly. (HT PHOTO)

india news

Updated on Nov 29, 2024 05:22 pm IST

Anand Teltumbde – “Ambedkar challenged Gandhi’s Mahatmahood”

Author Anand Teltumbde (Courtesy the subject)

books

Published on Oct 25, 2024 10:50 pm IST

Telangana becomes third state to start caste survey

The caste survey was among the guarantees promised by the ruling Congress in the run-up to the assembly elections last year. (PTI)

india news

Updated on Oct 13, 2024 04:54 am IST

Karnataka recommended inclusion of Ambiga community in ST category: Siddaramaiah

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah. (File Photo)

bengaluru news

Published on Jan 16, 2024 12:44 pm IST

Caste survey and quota hike: Bihar starts political churn ahead of 2024 polls

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JD(U) workers and supporters celebrate the results of the Bihar caste survey, in Patna on October 4. (PTI)

patna news

Published on Nov 08, 2023 10:08 pm IST

Book Box | Manohar Malgonkar's literary journey into princely India

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The Princes

books

Published on Oct 29, 2023 09:00 am IST

Karnataka CM slams PM Modi's call against caste politics, supports reservations

Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah. (ANI)

bengaluru news

Published on Oct 26, 2023 08:26 am IST

Roundabout: Confronting a state of mind that goes by the name of caste

Author Ujjal Dosanjh’s latest work “The Past is Never Dead is to be released in Chandigarh on May 14. (HT Photo)

chandigarh news

Updated on May 07, 2023 06:10 pm IST

India's 1st girls school to teaching his wife, Jyotiba Phule's journey

Jyotiba Phule was born on April 11, 1827.

india news

Published on Apr 11, 2023 10:21 am IST

After 20 years, biopic on social reformer Phule still to take off

MAHARASHTRA CHIEF MINISTER VILASRAO DESHMUKH GARLANDING THE PORTRAIT OF MAHATMA JYOTIBA PHULE ON LATTER'S DEATH ANNIVERSARY AT A FUNCTION HELD IN MANATRALAYA,IN MUMBAI ON WEDNESDAY.ALSO SEEN WITH PICTURE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HOME KRIPA SHANKAR SINGH .HT PHOTO. HTPHOTO

mumbai news

Updated on Apr 11, 2023 01:12 am IST