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

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 caste ...

India has the longest history of affirmative action programs in the world and they have become the center of heated ...

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

Instead of caste census, what India truly needs is a nationwide, dynamic database that can provide granular insights required ...

The thrust on encouraging toilet use did not consider how increased pressure on sewage systems, alongside privatisation, ...

Now, the government wants to know more about how the caste system is playing out in modern-day India. The government is set to ask people questions about their caste in the next census — the ...

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

In October 2024, Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), India’s largest sanitation ... comprehensive urban sanitation system. However, these interventions neglect the issues of sewage workers, who ...

The classical dance team emerged victorious in Chicago with a performance that critiqued India's caste discrimination ...