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Social Justice
Reservation redistributes a limited number of seats; it cannot by itself build good schools, hospitals, and institutions. The durable lever is strengthening the foundations so fewer people need a quota for a fair chance.
Social Justice
India is not alone. A fair comparative look at affirmative action in the United States, Malaysia, Brazil, South Africa, and Northern Ireland, and what their mixed record teaches India.
Social Justice
Should reservation be based on caste, income, or both? The case for and against economic criteria, the EWS verdict, and what a defensible hybrid could look like.
Social Justice
The strongest evidence-based critique of reservation is not that it helps too many, but that benefits concentrate among the better-off within eligible groups. The Rohini Commission found about 97 percent of OBC benefits reaching 25 percent of castes.
Social Justice
A fair scorecard of India's reservation policy from the data: what it achieved on representation and mobility, where it fell short, and why Tamil Nadu shows reservation works best paired with investment.
Poverty
Maharashtra holds India's wealthiest city and its most distressed farmland. A factual look at the urban-rural divide, Vidarbha farmer suicides, Marathwada drought, and the politics shaping it all.
Social Justice
India has not counted its OBC population since 1931. The Mandal Commission estimated OBCs at 52% of the population using colonial-era data. Bihar's 2023 caste survey found OBCs at 63% of its population. A national caste census would cost roughly Rs 6,000-8,000 crore. The cost of not counting is measured in misdirected welfare spending and policies built on century-old guesswork.
Social Justice
Holi erases visible markers of caste for a few hours. This article explains how the festival's ritual inversion briefly suspends social hierarchy.
Solutions
Cricket, played by an estimated 300 million Indians, cuts across caste, religion and class in gully lanes and stadiums. This article asks why a sport can unite people when policy struggles.
Education
The UGC equity rules 2026 mandate every Indian college to form Equity Committees with SC/ST/OBC/women/disabled representation. Supporters call it overdue justice. Critics call it bureaucratic overreach. Here is what students, faculty, and the data actually say about caste discrimination on Indian campuses.
Social Justice
Is caste really the root problem in modern India, or is it poverty, lack of education, and political exploitation? In cities, nobody asks your caste. With money and education, barriers dissolve. This opinion piece argues that India's caste narrative is sustained by politicians who profit from division and a media that amplifies victimhood over solutions.
Gender Equality
Dowry in India is an economic transaction, not a caste ritual. Today, money sets the price - an IIT engineer from any caste commands more than a jobless Brahmin. Here's how economic power is reshaping India's marriage market.
Social Justice
India's reservation system explained: history from the Poona Pact to the EWS quota, current SC/ST/OBC percentages, key data on representation gaps, and the strongest arguments for and against affirmative action.
Social Justice
Despite three laws and multiple Supreme Court orders banning manual scavenging, the practice persists across India, claiming over 1,300 lives since 1993 and trapping Dalit communities in a cycle of caste-based degradation that the state has failed to break.
