The essays in the book remind the reader that castelessness myths represent particularly insidious caste politics by ...

KAKINADA: Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Saturday asserted that criminals should be viewed only as offenders and not ...

Madras High Court said Tamil Nadu's evolving electorate offers a historic opportunity to eradicate caste discrimination ...

"The problem is with Mr Rahul Gandhi. Even if you have to be a doctor, this kind of argument comes into it without knowing ...

Anthropologist Carola E. Lorea traces Matua struggles over displacement, citizenship and caste as electoral politics reshapes ...

The controversy surrounding Ram Charan’s latest film Peddi began with criticism over its portrayal of women, particularly the ...

On October 2, the government of the eastern Indian state of Bihar released the report of a survey on the state’s population by caste – a traditional hierarchical division in Hindu society. The state ...

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 ...

MUMBAI: Amid rising caste politics in Maharashtra, state forest minister and BJP leader Ganesh Naik says that despite being a smart and inclusive political leader, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis is ...

When one upholds an identity, they are also committing to embrace many opinions and perceptions that come with it. What ...

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 ...