In a society deeply rooted in the caste system, where Dalits (then called untouchables) were barred from entering Hindu temples, Maharaja Hari Singh, the last Dogra ruler of Jammu and Kashmir, issued ...

Artisans who make Kolhapuri sandals are demanding better recognition after Prada failed to acknowledge design roots.

Facing systemic exclusion, scores of Dalit families in Gujarat are turning to Buddhism. But official recognition of these ...

A controversy has erupted in Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, where two Kathavachaks (storytellers) were allegedly targeted by a group ...

New Delhi: Delhi University has asked the applicants under the reserved categories to disclose their sub-caste details during registration on its Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) portal for ...

Suraj Milind Yengde's new book, ‘Caste: A Global Story’, shows how once Marathwada connected with the world, the Dalit-Black bond became a precursor to the formation of active political solidarity ...

Gidla grew up in India as an untouchable, the lowest category in India’s caste system, and now works as a subway conductor in New York City.

Caste enumeration will also be a part of this exercise, making it the first caste-based census in Independent India since the British-era enumeration conducted between 1881 and 1931. Several social ...

The Congress on Monday questioned why the Census notification was silent on the inclusion of caste and whether this was “another U-turn” by the government. The Union Home Ministry’s gazette ...

The Indian government has announced a two-phase population census, starting in October 2026 in snow-bound regions and March 2027 nationwide. A contentious caste census is now included, following ...

KOCHI: Despite criticism, the Goods and Services Tax (GST), a major tax reform since Independence, has helped in eliminating the complexities in the Indian taxa ...