Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy in India and is critical to Indian life and politics. There are hundreds of ...

The hierarchical identity system continues to divide society — nearly 100 years after calls for its abolition.

Being born in India means inheriting a place in an ancient social system which will ... Now, the government wants to know more about how the caste system is playing out in modern-day India.

India will include caste details in its next population census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world’s most populous nation ...

A caste census will lead to demands for reservations in jobs and education proportional to the population share. Hindu upper castes are anxious that their share will shrink.

India’s current policy caps quotas at 50%, with 27% reserved for OBCs. Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy in India and is critical to Indian life and politics. There are hundreds of ...