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

One of the dictionary definitions of the English phrase ‘coming to one’s senses’ is — ‘to become reasonable after acting ...

Across the world, May 1 is set aside to honour the dignity of labour and the long struggle for workers’ rights. In India, ...

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

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

The demand for a nationwide caste census in India has re-emerged as a focal point of socio-political discourse. At the heart ...

India is prepared for caste enumeration in the upcoming Census, with expert advice from Professor Sukhdeo Thorat.

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.

An audit of past schemes is needed to ensure that affirmative action benefits the real marginalised. Unlike previous govts, ...

Rather than treating the caste census as a battlefield between competing political visions, we could reimagine it as a ...

India is set to conduct its first caste-based census in years, and for the first time, Muslim communities will also be asked ...