From lynchings and social boycotts to a historic caste census decision, 2025 showed that caste continues to shape violence, ...

Constructively criticising the Constitution is imperative at a time when its survival is threatened by the Hindutva project.

On Wednesday, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs decided to include caste enumeration in the forthcoming census exercise. The decision came amid the opposition's persistent demand for such a ...

Anand Teltumbde’s deeply researched book challenges the popular belief that a caste census will advance justice, arguing instead that enumeration can entrench caste consciousness and shrink the ...

Politics in UP is also driven by caste matrices. The BJP deftly managed this in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, retaining the advantage in the 2017 and 2022 assembly polls, albeit with minor cracks ...

BJP cautions MLAs against organising caste-specific meetings days after Brahmin legislators’ meet, calling such moves indiscipline.

At 97, economist Nilakantha Rath says a caste census is crucial to expose inequality, planning failures, and class bias in ...

The gathering, attended by a group of Brahmin MLAs and MLCs, was held on the sidelines of the ongoing assembly session and reportedly included a community dinner along with discussions on issues ...

Community leaders, including a Christian pastor, have cautiously welcomed a northern Indian state’s move to ban caste-based political rallies, arguing it will undermine grassroots struggles by the ...

With the state now aligned with the national ruling party, the demand is shifting from ‘protection of culture’ to ‘proportion ...

The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, with population of nearly 220 million, goes to the polls from Feb. 11 to Mar. 8 in what will be the biggest democratic election in the world this year. Here's a look ...

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