Caption: Akhila Karnataka Sri Shivasharana Hadapad Appanna Samaj Seva Sangha has launched 'Kshourikara Nade Dalitara Keriya Kade' (Barbers' move towards Dalits' colonies) campaign to sensitise barbers ...

What followed was a gradual but unmistakable erosion of both authority and hope. Reports of communal violence, particularly ...

When Gandhi established Satyagraha Ashram at Kocharab in 1915, he vowed that untouchables would be accepted as equals in the ashram. This vow of equality soon threatened the ashram’s survival. Within ...

Women cannot be treated as ‘untouchables’ selectively for three days a month, the Supreme Court observed on Tuesday (April 7, 2026). Justice B.V. Nagarathna’s remarks came against the backdrop of ...

The Supreme Court is currently hearing arguments in the Sabarimala temple case, specifically addressing concerns about gender discrimination and the controversial comparison of menstrual restrictions ...

As India celebrates the 135th birth anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, a man admired and revered across the nation, let’s revisit his social reform movements against the caste system, ...

Ahimsa is presented as the highest Hindu virtue. It evokes images of gentle sages, compassionate saints, and morally superior lives. But beneath this halo lies a social technology that has, for ...