New Delhi: After an unprecedented delay of six years, India is finally set to conduct its next Census, the world’s largest population-counting exercise in two phases. The government announced that the ...

The story so far: The Supreme Court of India ruled on Tuesday (March 24, 2026) that a Pastor from the Madiga community in Andhra Pradesh could not claim to be a member of a Scheduled Caste as he had ...

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian government ...

NEW DELHI: Caste enumeration was a regular feature of census exercises during British rule from 1881 to 1931. However, with the first census of independent India in 1951, the government chose to ...

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic issues ...

NEW DELHI — 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 ...

The Caste System: An Inescapable Destiny? Few social systems illustrate this phenomenon more clearly than the caste system, one of history’s most enduring hierarchies. Deeply embedded in Indian ...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (second from left) inaugurates the caste-based census in his ancestral village of Bakhtiarpur in Bihar, India, April 15, 2023. Credit: Wikipedia/Information and ...

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(CNN) — For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. CNN — (CNN) — ...

Why do people defend social systems that oppress them? Why do the marginalized sometimes work to uphold structures and arrangements that limit their potential? These questions are not just ...