A provocative new book warns that counting castes may entrench them further instead of dismantling the system.

The suicide of senior Dalit police officer Y Puran Kumar lays bare India’s caste system, showing that even success can’t ...

India’s census in 2026 will be the most significant since independence. Politics will be reshaped along the lines of caste, ...

A shocking case of caste discrimination surfaced in the news media at Kerala University, involving a PhD student named Vipin ...

The organic linkages between caste and gender are a sociological fact. Despite this, there have not been many sustained ...

In crafting its Constitution, India chose not to abolish caste but to leverage it as a framework for social equity through ...

With special prayers and Sunday liturgy, Christians prayed to end the injustice to the socially poor Christians from Dalit groups, said Father Vijay Kumar Nayak, secretary of the Indian Catholic ...

The state has witnessed a continual recalibration of power among caste blocs and political parties within democratic bounds.

India is testing mobile software systems in preparation for the world’s largest—and first fully digital—population census, scheduled for 2027.

After details of a violent gang rape in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, were released to the public last year, protests broke out all over India. The story of four upper-caste men brutalizing a 19-year old ...

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated. A move to outlaw ...

The case, filed by Amrutesh Vallabhaneni, highlights the growing concerns about the exploitation of H-1B visa holders in the ...