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

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 ...

India will get 1.4 billion people to name their caste in a census. Presenting the biggest obstacle to India’s embrace of modernity, the caste system divides Hindus into rigid categories that ...

(CNN) — 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.

“So, the next census is going to be a historical census.” India’s caste system has roots in Hindu scriptures, and historically sorted the population into a hierarchy that defined people’s occupations, ...