Tag: caste

Periyar used to stress that castes are stronger than religions. Religions are subject to changes and easy eradication too, but ...

Manuraj Shunmugasundaram DMK Spokesperson & Advocate, Madras High Court. Caste orthodoxy and patriarchy entrenched within the realm of the HR&CE ...

V. Kumaresan Treasurer, Dravidar Kazhagam This has reference to the article by Thiru. R. Rangaraj in the South Pole Column ...

Recently, the Union Ministry of Social Justice filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating “a castewise enumeration in the ...

There is much hullabaloo everywhere these days over the temple-entry allowed to the Panchamas, the lowest in the caste hierarchy.  ...

August 7th is the third death anniversary of Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi (1924-2018), the guardian of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). It ...

N. Anandam Rationalist writer Secularism and religious freedom mean different things to different people. True secular nations don’t have a ...

Why I am Not a Hindu Woman - Wandana Sonalkar, Women Unlimited Rs. 350 G.Sampath   Drawing on lived experience, ...

T. Sabaratnam Journalist who reported the Sri Lankan ethnic crisis for over 50 years Social Reform Movement Social reform had ...

This story was first published on January 26, 2016 (Towards Equality:  Why did Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar publicly burn the Manusmriti ...