This book argues that the dominant descriptions of the ‘caste system’ are rooted in the Western Christian experience of India. Thus, caste studies tell us more about the West than about India. It ...

High command’s order to conduct a fresh Caste Census a slap in CM’s face: BJP. The BJP called on the Congress government to explain how the fresh survey would be conducted, ...

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: Congress decided Tuesday to undertake a fresh caste survey in Karnataka, citing rumblings within the state's dominant communities about the reliability of the 2015 enumeration ...

Since the caste census was done 10 years ago, the data is a little bit old. The Congress party has suggested that the Karnataka government re-enumerate within a stipulated time, ...

Importantly, Neelakandan’s approach to the Indian caste system has the potential to open the space for a healthy discourse. The author makes a case for new social science in India.

A caste-based census has been one of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's major demands for quite some time. The Bharatiya Janata Party, which was against such an exercise, suddenly changed its mind and ...

India News: India's Census, delayed by Covid, is likely to commence on April 1, 2026, culminating on March 1, 2027. This census will record caste for the first ti ...

The Centre is set to launch the next nationwide Census, which will also include a caste enumeration for the first time, from March 1, 2027, senior government officials confirmed on Wednesday.

India will carry out its overdue population census, along with caste enumeration, in two phases, starting from snowy states and UTs of Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand in ...

The exercise will, however, begin in October 2026 in snow-bound states and union territories, such as Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, government officials said.

At least 10 dead in stampede during RCB IPL victory celebrations in Bengaluru; Government announces schedule for Census with caste enumeration, and more in The Hindu’s top news of June 4, 2025.

New questions about caste are controversial The next census will be the first to consider the caste status of most Indians. Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy in India and is critical ...