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

Hyderabad: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh declared that the patience and restraint exhibited by the Armed Forces during ...

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

Yet, there exists very little study of them as a distinct group. Enter Ravikant Kisana, whose new book, Meet the Savarnas, ...

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 ...

A caste-based census has been one of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's major demands for quite some time. The Bharatiya Janata Party, which was against such an exercise, suddenly changed its mind and ...

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 ...