Gail Omvedt, expert on India's caste system, passes away

Gail Omvedt, a leading scholar on caste studies, died in Maharashtra's Sangli district on Wednesday after a prolonged illness, family sources said. IMAGE: Gail Omvedt. Photograph: @Prksh_Ambedkar/......

Caste and the anti-corruption campaign

'Reservations are anathema to many of the core supporters of Anna Hazare...' 'The deeply disturbing aspect of this whole event is the reactionary trend that political and social life, especially......

'Indian languages carry the legacy of caste'

In an article on reservation for oppressed classes in the information technology sector, noted sociologist Gail Omvedt had quoted a Dalit boy as saying: 'In Pune they just assume that anyone......

Why Bihar will not see a Dalit upsurge like Gujarat

'In Bihar, the Dalits are not a consolidated socio-political constituency,' says Mohammad Sajjad. In July, when the national media was gazing at the Dalit upsurge in Gujarat's Una, another episode......