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Topic: Caste

Bihar most aware state on caste census — 56% want information released

We surveyed over 7,000 Indians from 10 states. The result? The fear of the BJP that caste census will upset some social groups is unfounded.

VHP isn’t only about building Ram temple in Ayodhya, ‘it’s all about social engineering’

A key objective behind setting up VHP was to ensure all prominent Hindu leaders come together on one platform & unanimously denounce caste-based discrimination in Hindu society.

Why Gail Omvedt is celebrated but Arundhati Roy was seen as appropriation

Instead of speaking for the Dalit-Bahujan community like Medha Patkar and Arundhati Roy, Omvedt never felt the need to grab the mic.

Census held for tigers, buffaloes, why not for castes? BJP voices for caste census grow louder

There are many fears within Modi govt about holding a caste census, especially over a possible caste war over the new realities that may or may not be revealed.

Has India fulfilled its moral responsibility? The answers to this question are troubling

India has moved its gaze away from equality as one of the central pillars of the project of nation-building. It could put our democracy in peril.

The Gita is universal and still endorses caste inequality. But story of Ekalavya stands out

In ‘The Gita for a Global World’, Rohit Chopra uses the Gita as a lens to look at pressing questions of war, difference and uncertainty.

Why the road to UP elections 2022 runs through Opposition call for caste census

Several parties — from JD(U) & RJD in Bihar, and SP & BSP in UP, to DMK in Tamil Nadu and Trinamool in Bengal — have supported the demand for a caste census.

Reactions to OBC medical quota are exposing Indians’ flawed merit argument all over again

I didn’t see any protest or anger by Savarnas against EWS quota. No one wrote: 'I will not get treated by a doctor who did their degree under EWS reservation.'

Supreme Court rejects central govt’s review plea in Maratha reservation case

The review petition was against the 5 May judgment that had struck down reservation for the Maratha community brought in by the Maharashtra govt in 2018.

Aryans or Harappans—Who drove the creation of caste system? DNA holds a clue

In ‘Indians’, Namit Arora writes that scientists trace the earliest instances of endogamy in the subcontinent to the first millennium BCE.

On Camera

No country built rare earths resilience alone. India must take lessons from Japan, Taiwan

Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.