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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A census official collects information from a household in Bonda, on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, during the 2011 national ...

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 ...

Muslims will be included in the caste census when it is taken up along with the next population census. (Representative Image: PTI) India is set to witness a caste-wise enumeration of Muslims for the ...

The origin of the caste system does not lie in religious ideas of purity and pollution, racial differences, tribal or Harappan customs — or even the British census, as recent social media commentary ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Indian filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan has a few thoughts about his country’s caste system – it’s something that affects him personally. “It’s ...