India will start counting its vast population in a mammoth exercise starting next year. The first census in 16 years will be ...

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. The Indian ...

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. The Indian government has long insisted ...

Effectively, an American state body tried to define religious beliefs, claiming that the caste system was an integral ... as opposition from the Hindu and Indian American communities ramped ...

NEW DELHI: The long-awaited caste-based census ... contentious chapter in Indian politics—one that will test the resilience ...

Thorat, who has formerly served as Chairperson of the University Grants Commission and headed the Indian Institute of ... data about to what extent the caste system has been eroded.

viewing the caste system as a reality of Hinduism. This order was subsequently amended twice to include Sikhs and Buddhists, thereby recognizing caste practices within these Indian religions.

The hierarchical identity system continues to divide ... Anyone who tells you caste has no contemporary relevance is ignorant – or lying. The Indian diaspora has even taken it to California.