A provocative new book warns that counting castes may entrench them further instead of dismantling the system.

India’s census in 2026 will be the most significant since independence. Politics will be reshaped along the lines of caste, ...

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 ...

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I ndians like to call elections a “dance of democracy”. But in Bihar, India’s poorest state, the build-up to state-assembly ...