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 ...

Stressing that the RSS believes everyone is a Hindu, Mohan Bhagwat said there is no need to eradicate caste but forget it altogether by drawing a "bigger line" as the Sangh does ...

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

Caste was skillfully transplanted from feudalism into the fertile ground of the modern Constitution, revived and legitimised ...

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 government ...

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

A century after the last caste count, India faces hard questions: will counting caste expose inequality—or entrench it under ...

Sindhu Rajasekaran’s book is a Savarna reimagining of queerness, glossing over the dominance of caste in shaping desire, ...