The claim that a caste census would deepen caste divisions does not stand scrutiny. Caste identities in India are already ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, was elected head of the Roman Catholic Church. But what sets him apart is not that ...

The Union Government has finally yielded to the demands of various pressure groups for conducting a caste census side by side ...

The Indian government has long insisted that the social hierarchy has no place in the country, which banned caste ...

Akshay Dixit PhD in Political Economy and Government 2025 says that thinking deeply about social questions was part of his ...

India's caste system is 3,000 years old and continues to determine the opportunities that most of the country's 1.4 billion people have, from work to marriage.

In the run up to 2024 elections Rahul Gandhi in particular talked of the need for caste census. This was supported by many opposition leaders. Congress ruled states and NDA ruled Bihar also ...

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

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 is set to conduct its first caste-based census in years ... This is primarily due to the legacy of the Hindu caste system which still persists in Muslim communities today.