The new UGC guidelines are here, and the debates have started on the very fundamental issue of whether they will reduce caste ...

On January 13, 2026, the University Grants Commission notified the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in ...

The regime is testing a two-tier internet where access becomes a vetted privilege. Its economic cost could be staggering.

The reason I start with Newport’s AI writing in a discussion about his latest (excellent) book, Slow Productivity, is to predict (or lobby for) his next book. It is impossible to think about the ...

Gandhiji: A Shudra has as much right to knowledge as a Brahmin. But if he tries to earn his "livelihood" through "teaching," ...

The origin of the caste system does not lie in religious ideas of purity and pollution, racial differences, tribal or Harappan customs — or even the British census, as recent social media commentary ...

The Dalai Lama has spoken out about the discriminating caste system in India, which can be traced back around 2,000 years and is still practiced in some regions today. The New Indian Express reports ...

A new genetic study published in the American Journal of Human Genetics has revealed that the Indian caste system– which is the traditional organisation of South Asian society into a hierarchy of ...

Tim Miller talks to Andrew Egger about his day at the National Conservatism Conference. It is on the rise, and it’s getting darker. At their latest conference, GOP figures pushed a “heritage American” ...