Dipankar Gupta taught for nearly three decades in the School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Well before films glamourised movie stars as giant killers, almost every caste, in old ...

Thiruvananthapuram: CPM state secretary M V Govindan on Friday lashed out at the BJP-RSS accusing them of imposing the Chaturvarna system in the name of Hindutva politics. Mr Govindan said the BJP–RSS ...

Union minister of state Suresh Gopi’s comment on Sunday that “upper caste” members should handle the tribal affairs portfolio and vice versa has triggered widespread criticism, with the ruling front ...

Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Suresh Gopi stirred controversy on Sunday by suggesting that the tribal affairs portfolio should be handled by the members of the "upper castes".

Stating that there are many castes and religions, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said, 'We are all Shudras. We are in the fourth position in the Chaturvarna system.' ...

Shivamogga-based advocate and Kuvempu University syndicate member K.P. Sripal has written to Vice-chancellor Professor Sharath Ananthamurthy to cancel a one-day seminar on Bhagavad Gita and Prevention ...