Candidates in Uttar Pradesh byelections strategically appeal to caste identities, highlighting the intricate role of caste in ...

P. Solvex in the nearby town of Dhuri. As a child, he was a siri (a form of bonded laborer) with a family from the dominant Jatt agricultural caste for ten years. More than two-thirds of India’s ...

Jharkhand will go to the polls in two phases on November 13 and November 20 while Maharashtra will vote on November 20.

The symbolism, politics and legal ramifications of the rushed replacement of the statue of Lady Justice in the Judges’ ...

The Jat versus non-Jat divide is again visible. Cutting across caste lines and regions, issues like the Agnipath scheme, restoration of old pension scheme, unemployment, government jobs ...

Discriminatory and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of a vast global population has been justified on the basis of caste. In much of Asia and parts of Africa, caste is the basis for the ...

The BJP has tried to shed its image as the party of upper-caste Hindus by wooing marginalised groups like the Prajapatis, a community of traditional potters, officially categorised as Other ...

The Hindutva party is trying to attract the community by promising to implement the Supreme Court’s quota sub-classification ...

Sensing persistent anger among the dominant Maratha community, the BJP is tapping into smaller caste sub-groups in hopes to ...

The Jat-dominated constituency prompted both Congress and BJP to ... His appeal to Muslim, Rajput, and SC communities ...