Throw them all in the trash, those fantasy stories are old as dirt. It’s a new century, and with that comes a fresh crop of ...

The hierarchical identity system continues to divide society — nearly 100 years after calls for its abolition.

The caste system — a hierarchical, hereditary, and exploitative social system based on occupations — originated in ancient Indian society. Though predominant among the Hindus, who make up four ...

Numbers are the basis of governance; without them, the state loses confidence. In government offices, one may see that every item — electrical panels, fans, chairs — is meticulously numbered ...

Alleging that the intentions of the caste census report of the Siddaramaiah-led government and the one planned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi were “entirely different”, the BJP on Tuesday ...

In July 2021, the minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai told Parliament that ``the government of India decided it as a matter of policy not to enumerate caste-wise population other than ...

Modi govt’s climbdown partly aimed at dispelling the impression that it is pro-rich The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in ...

The central government announced plans for caste census the next day. PREMIUM An enumerator collects information from residents during the Bihar caste census in 2023. (Santosh Kumar/ HT Photo ...

The new caste census will give us a detailed caste-wise break-up of India’s population. Whether or not the census schedule is significantly altered to capture caste-wise economic inequality ...

Bond, who shares her knowledge on labor organizing in the ancient world, which stretches back to the earliest recorded strike, which took place in 1157 BCE in the Ancient Egyptian artisan’s ...

An Egyptian sarcophagus shows the sky goddess ... they already had their own system of constellations and understood the movements and phases of planets, moons, and stars. They would later create ...

With a smile, Abdel Rahman pointed to his custom deep blue tie woven with gold Egyptian hieroglyphs. “I hope I can read my tie with AI technology from Korea,” he added. The exhibition runs through Oct ...