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

The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday announced that India will conduct its next population census in 2027, which will also include caste enumeration, marking a major shift in the country's demographic ...

India is on high alert after it carried out strikes on terror launchpads in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Pakistan. Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat, the states ...

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 this DH Deciphers, Sujay B M looks into the methodology of the survey and the criteria devised by the commission to determine backwardness of communities.

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

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has awarded more than $9,000 to a man who was the victim of caste-based discrimination. In a decision issued March 15, tribunal adjudicator Sonya Pighin found that Manoj ...

Census, survey, or enumeration... whatever the suffix, for the first time since 1931 India will count the men, women, and children in each of the hundreds of castes and sub-castes that make up its ...

Despite multiple opportunities over the years, a comprehensive caste census has remained elusive. The last full enumeration of caste was conducted in 1931, and the population estimates from that ...

A recent high court judgment resulted in the Uttar Pradesh government issuing multiple directives on caste-related markers and events. However, there are issues with some of the directives In a ...