“History is after all nothing but a pack of tricks which we play upon the dead” and we transform the past to suit our wishes to future and in upshot “history proves that anything can be proved by ...

Nepal, June 8 -- On June 4, I visited the Gurkha village of Dhampus in the Machhapuchhre Rural Municipality, close to the ...

It has been more than 56 years since caste-based discrimination and untouchability were criminalised in the country. Laws have been amended frequently seeking harsher punishment for anyone involved in ...

A study by researchers from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and University of Maryland have found that the scourge of untouchability is thriving almost seven decades after the Constitution ...

A tribute to a historian who brought the rigour of historical methods to the study of untouchability in ancient India and who contributed in various other ways to developing the discipline of history ...

The India Human Development Survey found that 27% of respondents admitted to the practice of untouchability. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint How does one respond to a survey report which states that one ...

Even after 15 years of elimination of caste-based discrimination and untouchability, it is still prevalent in Nepal despite criminalisation of the social evil. Issuing a press statement to mark the ...

Claiming that many have tried to "distort" the history of India and Hindutva over the years, the RSS has resolved to speed up measures to bring a change in the narrative and restore the country's ...

Keralites believe they are insulated from the kind of caste discrimination and violence that bedevils other parts of the country. They choose to think, perhaps with some quiet pride, that the giant ...

Museums in India are also known as Ajaib Ghar—the house of the strange. The same term exists in many Indian languages. In Marathi, it is called Ajab Bangla. The collection of objects and antiquities ...