The number of citizens indicating they have transcended community identities, such as those committed to egalitarian ideals ...

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 ...

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

The top court in southern Indian ... the caste system as a reality of Hinduism. The social benefits include reserved seats for lower-caste individuals in parliament, village councils, and for higher ...

Historians trace the term "caste" to the Portuguese word casta, meaning class based on occupation. The Manusmriti, an ancient Indian ... to bring awareness among people" about this. People seldom ...

Birsa was born in 1875 in either Ulihatu village where his father was born or nearby Chalkad, both in present-day Khunti ...

If you want to understand India, you have to understand the caste system since it dictated individuals ... including Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, and others. The Indian Constitution includes ...

We, Indians, have to reject the models of learning we were drilled into by schools, colleges, corporate employers and peer ...

When India chose secularism as a constitutional principle, it didn’t mean the exclusion of religion from public life. Rather, ...

The last time that castes were counted as a part of the Census, in 1931, the significant trend that had been noted was that generally “the ratio of females to males increases inversely with social ...

As Hindutva vigilantes threaten, extort and assault Muslim meat traders, the country’s beef export business has soared and ...