Travelers to India have commented on caste for more than two thousand years. In Indian society the group comes first, unlike our own society that gives so much importance to the individual personality ...

Around 80 per cent of India’s population belongs to Other Backward Classes (OBC), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities, who were excluded and discriminated against by ...

This is a positive for democracy A wise politician once told me politics in India works only around the Big Three factors – religion, caste, and income (rich vs poor). The rest – policymaking ...

The Union government is yet to take a call on conducting the next Census exercise but active discussion is on to expand the data collection to include caste enumeration, a top government source ...

Carrithers, Michael 1988. Passions of Nation and Community in the Bahubali Affair. Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 22, Issue. 4, p. 815.

VELLORE: A section of caste Hindus demolished a Kaliamman temple near Gemmankuppam village in KV Kuppam taluk last week, after Dalits of the village defied their decision to disallow people from ...

Pressing the demand for a nationwide "caste census", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said 90 per cent people of the country are sitting out of the system and the step should be taken in ...

The government may add a caste column to the upcoming census, India Today reported on Monday, September 16. The last census was conducted in 2011 and was delayed due to the outbreak of the COVID ...

The Centre is deliberating over adding a caste column to the census, but no decision has been taken yet, government sources told India Today TV. The Opposition and some parties within the NDA such ...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday (August 24) reiterated his “caste census” tune to slam the BJP-led Centre stating that he checked the “list of Miss India” but there was no mention ...

New Delhi: Amid little clarity on when the much delayed Census will begin, Congress on Thursday said the government can easily collect caste-wise OBC population data during the exercise by just ...

Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday reiterated the demand for a caste census, claiming that 90 per cent of India's population is not a part of the system. Addressing the ...