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

FILE - Members of the audience listen to a speaker at a rally organized by National Conference of Dalit Organisations in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2005. Dalits, who belong to the lowest of ...

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

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

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

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

There are about 2.5 million people of Indian descent living in the United States today. While India’s rich food and dance are celebrated in America, the caste system which Indian emigrants came from ...

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 ...