"The problem is with Mr Rahul Gandhi. Even if you have to be a doctor, this kind of argument comes into it without knowing ...

The controversy surrounding Ram Charan’s latest film Peddi began with criticism over its portrayal of women, particularly the ...

Maharashtra's decision to grant OBC-style educational concessions to Marathas has revived debates on reservation policy, ...

Submitted just before the change of guard, the caste survey presents DK Shivakumar with his first major political and social ...

The BJP, however, believes that reports of the collapse of its backward caste coalition are premature. BJP spokesperson ...

Mysuru (Karnataka) [India], May 8 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat advocated for inter-caste marriages to eradicate discrimination in the society of which, he said, politicians ...

The Indian government will collect caste details in its next population census in a policy U-turn that could have sweeping socioeconomic and political ramifications. Information minister Ashwini ...

On October 2, the government of the eastern Indian state of Bihar released the report of a survey on the state’s population by caste – a traditional hierarchical division in Hindu society. The state ...

JURIST Senior Editor for Long Form Content Pitasanna Shanmugathas interviews Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, chief editor of LeftWord Books, and ...

Mahesh Kewat's candidature is not built on caste identity alone. His religious and regional profile gives the BJP an ...

"Votebank" politics Figuring out which party can win in Uttar Pradesh depends on complex caste equations and what political strategists call “votebank” politics. Or, as the saying goes: It’s not how ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world’s most populous country. Information ...