Nearly three weeks before five Dalits entered a Shiva temple at Purba Bardhaman district under police protection, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made a statement about her caste in the ...

The entry of Dalits into a temple under the watch of officials in Gidhagram is a milestone that has brought attention to ...

Telangana's survey and Bengal's upcoming exercise show how caste data fuels political strategies, quota recalibrations and attempts by the Opposition to fracture the BJP's OBC base ...

Has caste trumped class in Bengal? This question has acquired renewed urgency in light of the struggle of a Dalit community of cobblers to gain entry into a temple in Katwa in east Burdwan. The ...

A group of five members of Das families — four women and a man — from Gidhgram village's Daspara area in the district's Katwa subdivision climbed the steps of the temple around 10 am, poured ...