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

Data from the National Family Health Survey by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare conducted between 2019 and 2021 shows ...

Journalist Meena Kotwal (center) issues a statement from Silgir village in India where she joined a protest for indigenous people's rights. This is your first of three free stories this month. Become ...

NARSINGHBHANPUR, India -- For 21st-century India, eager to modernize and spread its economic wings, the caste system is its ball and chain, holding down the lower castes while the higher ones get rich ...

A recent study from the Rutgers School of Communication and Information found that the social media platform X is often used ...

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 ...

There has been a tussle within the Congress government in Karnataka amid speculation over a power-sharing agreement concerning Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy, DK Shivakumar. Moily said the ...

Suprakash Majumdar is a Dalit journalist. He is based in Delhi and writes on social justice issues from the perspective of India's caste system. A new Bollywood movie is galvanizing Hindu audiences ...

"Jai Bhim" has attracted rave reviews and currently stands as the highest-rated film by all voters globally on movie database IMDb - Copyright Amazon Prime Video ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A genetic search of India's diverse populations shows most people have mixtures of European and ancient south Indian genes, and helps illustrate the deep roots of the country's ...