Sikkim Bhutia Lepcha Apex Committee calls for distinct treatment in the census process. Committee stresses the need for ...

Maratha dominions and other Indian states had developed fairly detailed caste enumerations, used to regulate hierarchies and ...

Dalit women are among the most oppressed groups in the world and are often victims of sexual violence or even murder. Dalit children top the list of dropouts in India once they reach upper primary ...

The announcement was made after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart, Mark Carney, met Tuesday on ...

Event co-hosted by Leicester Secular Society brings together campaigners to raise awareness of caste discrimination Read More ...

The number of citizens indicating they have transcended community identities, such as those committed to egalitarian ideals ...

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Caste enumeration is a necessary exercise that will inevitably change the composition and politics of this social identity ...

The Squamish Sikh Society has postponed the event, set for June 14, due to the out-of-control wildfire at the north end of ...

Census set in motion, caste in focus The census data is vital for the country which has been undergoing rapid changes demographically, economically and socially.

Further, when the French lost large parts of their imperial territories in India in 1763, both the caste system and the pariah came to be largely associated with the French criticism of British India.