For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still ... the first time since 1931 – when India was still a British colony. Counting caste will “ensure that our social ...

Andy Mukherjee is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering industrial companies and financial services in Asia. Previously, he worked for Reuters, the Straits Times and Bloomberg News. For the first ...

Presenting the biggest obstacle to India’s embrace of modernity, the caste system divides Hindus into ... conducted by British colonial rulers in 1931, threw up more than 4000 answers.