A century after the last caste count, India faces hard questions: will counting caste expose inequality—or entrench it under ...

The comments on caste come also at a time when election is underway in BJP-ruled Bihar, where caste has played a big role in determining political fortunes ...

Anand Teltumbde's 'The Caste Con Census' tells that caste, by definition, divides. And in the modern period, how it has ...

A critical look at Shashi Tharoor’s reform proposal, and how it risks entrenching elite dominance rather than expanding ...

Hyderabad: With just a few hours left for campaigning to conclude, ministers and Congress leaders intensified their outreach ...

Academician and political expert Abdul Qadir dissects Bihar’s caste politics, voter roll chaos, and the ECI's ...

Politics in Bihar — and India — has become a family business. Power flows not from merit but from the surname and social ...

For the first time since 1990, the BJP and Congress give forward caste candidates a leg up in a state; JD(U), too, increases its share ...

Do women vote as women, or do caste, religion, and class continue to determine their political choices? This question forms ...

The state has witnessed a continual recalibration of power among caste blocs and political parties within democratic bounds.

Decades of “social justice” politics have brought backward castes to power. But the wealth remains with a tiny forward caste ...

The RJD aims to go beyond its Muslim-Yadav base, the NDA hopes to keep the Paswans and Mushahars in its fold while the ...