Late journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik and a clutch of eminent personalities formed Sabal Bharat (Strong India), a group under ...

The Indian government has long insisted that the social hierarchy has no place in the country, which banned caste ...

Effectively, an American state body tried to define religious beliefs, claiming that the caste system was an integral ... as opposition from the Hindu and Indian American communities ramped ...

Indian politicians strategically appropriate historical figures like Sir C. Sankaran Nair, highlighting his complex legacy ...

The system divides India's Hindu population into four categories ... Dalit literally translates as "broken people" and this caste is shunned by Indian society. While it's a strict system, there ...

Caste in India, like race in the U.S., shapes power, access, and inequality—yet remains more entrenched, making or breaking ...

In an interview with Scroll, author Sachin Nanda talked about how the biography locates Hedgewar within the political and ...

Caste enumeration is a necessary exercise that will inevitably change the composition and politics of this social identity ...

Caste, a word foreign in origin but deeply immersed in India's identity today, has travelled centuries and continents. From colonial classification to present-day politics, it continues to define ...

Dalit women are among the most oppressed groups in the world and are often victims of sexual violence or even murder. Dalit ...

The Indian government has long insisted that ... “So, the next census is going to be a historical census.” India’s caste system has roots in Hindu scriptures, and historically sorted the ...