Sociologist Prof. K Kalyani teaches at the School of Arts and Sciences at Azim Premji University in Bengaluru. She researches ...

The caste system was homogenised using the four-fold classification of Manu (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra) only 2000 years ago.

The Madhya Pradesh unit of the BJP will get a new state president on July 2, as the party prepares to hand over command to a ...

The adage ‘a mirror never lies’ holds true, and the recent survey by People’s Pulse Research Organisation clearly reflects ...

In a Cabinet Meeting chaired by Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Deo Sai at his Civil Lines residence office today, following significant decisions were taken:1. Cabi ...

The UP assembly elections are still 18 months away, but the electoral chessboard has already started being laid out. Watch the accurate analysis of UP politics in 'The MTA Speaks' ...

However, the experience of the Socio-economic Caste Census (SECC), which was conducted in 2011, shows that even the lack of disaggregated caste data might be a result of flawed political decision ...

On Wednesday, the Union Home Ministry announced that India's 16th Census with caste enumeration will be carried out in 2027 with the reference date of October 1, 2026 in snow-bound areas like ...

The central government’s Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) in 2011 did collect detailed caste-related data, but the findings were never made public, fueling speculation and controversy.

India's next census – the exercise to count population and along with caste enumeration in the world's most populated country – will be held across India by March 1, 2027, Union government ...