Despite being inextricably linked to Indian tradition, the modern understanding and usage of the word “caste” came through ...

More than two-thirds of country’s 1.4 billion people estimated to be on lower rungs of archaic social hierarchy that grades ...

Counting caste marks a vital step towards evidence-based policymaking to build a more just and inclusive India ...

India's caste system is 3,000 years old and continues to determine the opportunities that most of the country's 1.4 billion people have, from work to marriage.

Anjum Manhas India, characterized by vast diversity, carries the complex legacy of the caste system-a centuries-old social ...

The thrust on encouraging toilet use did not consider how increased pressure on sewage systems, alongside privatisation, ...

A caste census will lead to demands for reservations in jobs and education proportional to the population share. Hindu upper castes are anxious that their share will shrink.

Instead of caste census, what India truly needs is a nationwide, dynamic database that can provide granular insights required ...

Like every society all over the world, we have a reality persisting and affecting our lives for centuries, which many of us ...

India’s current policy caps quotas at 50%, with 27% reserved for OBCs. Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy in India and is critical to Indian life and politics. There are hundreds of ...