The Indian government has long insisted that the social hierarchy has no place in the country, which banned caste ...

India will start counting its vast population in a mammoth exercise starting next year. The Home Ministry announced plans to ...

Cabinet Committee decides on caste census for transformative governance, addressing inequities and enhancing democratic ...

Most children in India are taught about the four-fold caste system that emerges in the Vedas. However, in real life, these ...

Minority Front National President, Jamal Siddiqui on Monday hailed the release of the Gazette notification regarding the ...

Caste in India, like race in the U.S., shapes power, access, and inequality—yet remains more entrenched, making or breaking ...

The government's decision in April 2025 on the inclusion of caste enumeration in the upcoming decennial census represents a seismic shift, ending deliberate amb ...

The roots of the term ‘pariah’ lie in the name of a caste group called ‘Pariayar’, which originated in Tamil Nadu. In the ...

BOOK EXTRACT By making caste census a central issue, Rahul aimed to realign the party’s focus to social equity and ...

The world's most populous nation India will conduct a census in 2027, its first since 2011, the government said Wednesday, which will also count caste -- a controversial accounting not done since the ...

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian ...