The issue of a caste census is torn between the ideas of social justice and political correctness.

Nusrat F. Jafri’s lively memoir of her own family’s social mobility is overshadowed by lengthy Wikipedia-like accounts of ...

However, caste identity is so deeply ingrained in India’s social fabric that simply removing this information from registers is insufficient to eradicate discrimination and segregation.

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday that a national caste census will develop a framework of ...

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president YS Sharmila emphasised her party's commitment toward "development of backward classes" and called for a caste census in the state.Sharmila, addressing the ...

The Congress MP said that the caste census will decide the system of ... Stating that there is a massive caste discrimination in India, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul ...

Caste disparities are an important factor behind India having higher rates of stunting among children than sub-Saharan Africa despite the country being richer, a study published on October 26 in ...

Caste-based discrimination practices in more than 1,300 jails across India, dating back to British colonial rule, have been declared unconstitutional by the country’s supreme court. Responding ...

A recent study by the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) has revealed disparities in medical crowdfunding based on caste in India. The research, titled ‘ Caste inequality in medical ...

Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the nationalist group RSS, urged the Hindu community to bridge its caste differences ahead of the upcoming elections in the state of Maharashtra. The narrative that divides ...