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

New Delhi: In a historic shift, the Indian government has given the green light to conduct a caste census alongside the upcoming nationwide population count. This marks the return of caste enumeration ...

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 ...

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 ...

Being born in Indian means inheriting a place in an ancient social system which will dominate much of your life, from where you can live to who you can marry. Now, the government wants to know more ...