Former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud in a recent interview said that the Indian judicial system is not presided upon ...

The Indian caste system dictates the course of an individual's life — their profession, social circle, and sense of self. It ...

Lawyers, journalists and other members of the country’s educated class say their jobs entitle them to special treatment on ...

CPI state secretary Benoy Viswam condemned the minister’s statements, labeling him a "piper of the chaturvarna" (caste system) and demanding his removal from the Union ministry. Viswam also called for ...

Millions of missionaries work in schools, hospitals and other institutions. Their success is deepening divisions.

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has now taken up a complaint of caste discrimination at the hands of the campus placement offices in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT ...

Adding an ironic layer to the hostility, MAGA supporters have hit back at Indians calling out racism by pointing to casteism and the rigid enforcement of caste endogamy within Indian communities.

Urbanisation is often cited as an antidote to the influence of caste in society. So, does politics rise above caste in urban pockets? Delhi is, perhaps, the only Union Territory (UT) with a large ...