The Indian government has long insisted that the social hierarchy has no place in the country, which banned caste discrimination in 1950.

India will conduct its much-delayed population census in two phases from March 1, 2027, the interior ministry said on ...

India will carry out its overdue population census, along with caste enumeration, in two phases, starting from snowy states ...

Caste is a reality in India. Majority of people wants caste to continue. Many view caste as a blessing, but a few consider caste is a curse. In such a climate, system of caste become the foundation ...

Investigating caste issues is crucial for understanding India's socioeconomic dynamics and addressing systemic inequalities.

After centuries of domination, surprisingly it is the ‘Brahminical-Gene’ which is under all sorts of threats. Now, the threat ...

The roots of the term ‘pariah’ lie in the name of a caste group called ‘Pariayar’, which originated in Tamil Nadu. In the ...

A chat with Dr Anil Jaihind, the man credited with the idea of Samvidhan Sabhas to spread awareness about the Indian Constitution ...

Nixing insinuations that caste enumeration would create chasms in society, National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) ...

India’s caste system has roots in Hindu scriptures, and historically sorted the population into a hierarchy that defined people’s occupations, where they can live and who they can marry based ...