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

Caste count

India’s decision to conduct a full caste census in 2027 marks a profound turning point in how the nation confronts its most ...
Inclusive finance is necessary, but 'financial caste system' is an overreach ...
A provocative new book warns that counting castes may entrench them further instead of dismantling the system.
A debate has erupted online and in Indian social circles worldwide. The subject is U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who has been ...
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said he had established the Kaginele Peetha as the voice of all oppressed communities and reiterated his lifelong opposition to the RSS, the caste ...
Sindhu Rajasekaran’s book is a Savarna reimagining of queerness, glossing over the dominance of caste in shaping desire, ...
A shocking case of caste discrimination surfaced in the news media at Kerala University, involving a PhD student named Vipin ...
The CJI has said the creamy layer exclusion for Other Backward Classes should also be made applicable to Scheduled Castes.
Rajgruha Chowk is quiet on a Tuesday afternoon. The police officers sitting guard outside tell us that the museum is closed.
Indian filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan is thanking to the legendary director Martin Scorsese for lending a gentle guiding hand in ...
In crafting its Constitution, India chose not to abolish caste but to leverage it as a framework for social equity through ...