NEW DELHI — India will start counting its vast population in a mammoth exercise starting next year. The first census in 16 ...

NEW DELHI -- India will start counting its vast population in a mammoth exercise starting next year. The first census in 16 ...

Presenting the biggest obstacle to India’s embrace of modernity, the caste system divides Hindus into ... The last successful exercise to record this ancient, hierarchical social identity ...

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy in India and is critical to Indian life and politics. There are hundreds of caste groups based on occupation and economic status across India ...

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy in India and is critical to Indian life and politics. There are hundreds of caste groups based on occupation and economic status across India ...

Listen to Story Caste, derived from 'casta' in Spanish, is now deeply linked with India’s ancient social structure, the varna system, which esoteric individuals based on the work performed and, by ...

The next census will be the first to consider the caste status of most Indians. Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy in India and is critical to Indian life and politics. There are hundreds ...

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 ...