For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian government ...

In the 1990s, the Anthropological Survey of India presented a book that summarized seven years of field research on the country’s most backward castes – the volume was titled “Scheduled Castes.” The ...

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NEW DELHI — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world's most populous country. Information ...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (second from left) inaugurates the caste-based census in his ancestral village of Bakhtiarpur in Bihar, India, April 15, 2023. Credit: Wikipedia/Information and ...

(CNN) — For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. (CNN) — For ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world’s most populous country. Information ...