Caste, a word foreign in origin but deeply immersed in India's identity today, has travelled centuries and continents. From colonial classification to present-day politics, it continues to define ...

Castes are therefore difficult not only to define but to distinguish.” The word ‘caste’ is often used to describe India’s unique social system, but the term did not come from India. So how did a ...

The first synchronous census of India was conducted in 1881. It was conducted by W.C. Plowden. Census of 1881 marked a significant advancement towards a modern and synchronized ... the ongoing debate ...

Presenting the biggest obstacle to India’s embrace of modernity, the caste system divides Hindus into ... Is it some kind of pre-modern division of labour? No. It’s a corralling of labourers ...

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy in India and is critical to Indian life and politics. There are hundreds of caste groups based on occupation and economic status across India ...

the curse of the caste system. For Ujjal Dosanjh, born to a Jat Sikh family of landowners, racism and casteism, both man’s inhumanity to man, still exists unabated in the 21st century.

In that process, she occasionally makes references to two other national caste systems: Germany (which she argues largely overcame its caste system by actively, intentionally, and publicly dismantling ...

Jairam Ramesh shared two video clips of the prime minister in which he is heard criticising the opposition's pitch for a caste census. A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the decision ...

Effectively, an American state body tried to define religious beliefs, claiming that the caste system was an integral part of Hinduism. It even assigned religion to an individual based on its own ...

In a powerful interview, Tamil writer and Dalit rights activist Imayam reflects on Tamil Nadu’s historic decision to erase ...

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the decision to conduct a caste census, the Congress on Monday took a swipe at him and posted videos of him from last two years criticising the ...