BJP’s decision to collect caste data in 2021 census pivots India’s politics firmly towards OBCs

The ruling party is trying to engineer a potent vote bank by adding lower castes among the Other Backward Classes to its core upper caste support base.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Sep 14, 2018 · 09:00 am

Enough silence: At Mumbai’s Ramabai colony, Dalit protestors say they face discrimination every day

The community wants the people who attacked its members in Bhima Koregaon arrested immediately.

Priyanka Vora

· Jan 04, 2018 · 06:30 am

‘We won’t remain silent against these atrocities’: Dalit anger spills over in eastern Mumbai

The community is agitated about the attack on its members in Pune’s Bhima Koregaon.

Priyanka Vora

· Jan 03, 2018 · 06:30 am

Assault on Dalit youth in Kerala sparks a debate on the Left's double standards

The alleged attack took place a week before Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula's death anniversary, which the student group plans to commemorate across the state.

TA Ameerudheen

· Jan 17, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Stories of love and hope: Scenes from Chaityabhoomi on BR Ambedkar's 60th death anniversary

Hundreds of thousands of Dalits gathered in Mumbai on Tuesday to pay their respects to the scholar-reformer.

Aarefa Johari

· Dec 07, 2016 · 06:30 am

Rohith Vemula's mother, brother convert to Buddhism in Mumbai

Dr BR Ambedkar's grandson oversaw the formal ceremony that was held at the Ambedkar Bhavan in Dadar.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 14, 2016 · 08:00 am

To save Goa's syncretic temple architecture, Bahujans must take over Brahmanical shrines

The struggle for the Navdurga temple in Marcaim is a step in the right direction.

Amita Kanekar

· Apr 02, 2016 · 02:30 pm

May 15: It was 79 years ago today that Ambedkar's 'Annihilation Of Caste' was published

The book was priced at 8 annas. Gandhi wanted the price reduced to 4 annas, or even 2 annas.

S. Anand

· May 15, 2015 · 08:30 am

The inhuman plight of manual scavengers continues as all states miss deadline on listing dry toilets

Not a single state has completed a crucial survey of dry toilets cleaned by manual scavengers that was due last month, making it impossible to rehabilitate them.

Aarefa Johari

· Mar 06, 2014 · 07:48 am