Four in 10 Indian schoolchildren were enrolled in private unaided schools in 2025-26, up from 35.4% in 2018-19, according to ...

A day earlier, protests over an exam leak scandal, led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), had led to the ousting of India’s ...

British administrator Herbert Hope Risley used nose measurements and other physical traits to classify Indians by supposed ...

The government should undertake a comprehensive review of the functioning of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and prepare a ...

A youth-led movement angry over the education system and a lack of jobs is posing a rare challenge to a government that has ruled for more than a decade with a firm hand. By Anupreeta Das Reporting ...

Sadanand Dhume’s “India’s Affirmative-Action Lesson for America” (East is East, July 16) attributes India’s lag behind China largely to caste quotas. This confuses correlation with causation. China ...

Members of Gujarat’s Thakor community gather during an anti-addiction rally in Ahmadabad, India, Jan. 26, 2016. Thousands of members of the Thankor community who have been classified among the Other ...

When the earliest form of caste was created in ancient India, it had roots in religion. In the 21st century, it lives on as a secular institution that cuts across race, gender, sexuality and class.

From Europe to the Gulf states, Indian migrant workers are being recruited for the most insecure, low-paid, and dangerous jobs. The story begins at home, where India’s caste system produces a labor ...

New York State lawmakers recently rejected a bill that would have added “caste” to the state’s anti-discrimination code. Had it passed, it would have made New York the first state—following a failed ...