British power changed in India after the Sepoy Mutiny and the uprising that followed. The 1857 rebellion, brutally suppressed, led Queen Victoria to declare the crown’s direct rule on the subcontinent ...

Counting castes in India has always been about more than numbers - it is about who gets a share of government benefits and who doesn't. The country's next national census, scheduled for 2027, will - ...

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian government ...

In the 1990s, the Anthropological Survey of India presented a book that summarized seven years of field research on the country’s most backward castes – the volume was titled “Scheduled Castes.” The ...

Polamma carefully descends the 250 steps from the hilltop slum where she lives in southern India to walk one kilometer to the nearest grocery store. She is nine months pregnant and has four children ...

Civic behaviour is shaped by a society conditioned to outsourcing the labour of cleaning to lower castes and women.

Members of India's Banjara community demand reservation benefits in Mumbai [Praful Gangurde/Hindustan Times via Getty Images] Counting castes in India has always been about more than numbers - it is ...