Counting castes in India has always been about more than numbers - it is about who gets a share of government benefits and who doesn't. The country's next national census, scheduled for 2027, will - ...

Among their many privileges, India’s wealthiest households can rely on a consistent supply of electricity and access to cooking gas. The situation is rather different for other social groups, however.

Violence and public humiliation of Dalits persisted, with data showing caste atrocities remain widespread and underreported. Policy interventions such as the Karnataka Social Boycott Bill and the ...

Explore the origins of the caste system, rooted in political and economic factors rather than purity, pollution, or race.

When Lakhshay Lakey, an anti-caste content creator, had his Instagram account suspended for copyright violation in July this year, he was met with a barrage of casteist trolling. While such harassment ...

The devotees rushed to collect soil from the ground the man had just walked on, thousands thronging to the front of a venue densely crammed with a quarter of a million people, under stifling heat. But ...

Homebound unravels a heartbreaking story of two friends navigating caste, faith, poverty, and fractured dreams, exposing how modern India’s promises fail those trapped in generational hardship, quiet ...

The Art of Living founder has put caste reconciliation on his public agenda. He organised the "Truth and Reconciliation" Conference in New Delhi to reconcile Dalits with upper caste Hindus and end ...

Anand Teltumbde mines data and history to analyse the narrow framing, as well as futility, of a caste census in his new book ...