In October 2024, Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), India’s largest sanitation project to make the country “open defecation-free,” turned ten. The project constructed over 100 million toilets and launched ...

India began the first count of its population in more than a decade at the start of April. The inaugural digital census is ...

When discussing caste discrimination in higher education, it is essential to clarify what is being addressed. The 2026 ...

Caste is one of human history's oldest forms of inequality, legitimized by Brahmanical knowledge and enforced through caste-based violence and dehumanization. This paper argues that the anti-caste ...

Nepal, May 22 -- Caste remains the primary axis of social stratification in India, influencing access to education, employment, land, political power and social mobility. The absence of comprehensive ...

Development and welfare schemes for vulnerable groups are often criticized as discriminatory. At first glance, the argument may seem appealing: when the government targets certain groups for benefits, ...

NEW DELHI: Caste enumeration was a regular feature of census exercises during British rule from 1881 to 1931. However, with the first census of independent India in 1951, the government chose to ...

Markets are indifferent to lineage. They accord status not by birth but by one’s ability to create value. This reshapes ...

(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 ...

California has moved one step closer to banning caste discrimination in the state. The state Senate passed a bill Thursday that would update California’s civil rights law to explicitly include ...

This points to the inescapable truth that the governments and society avoid acknowledging: caste-based and discriminatory ...