Representation vs Reservation in UP Politics: BJP, SP and the New Backward Caste Battle Before 2027

The BJP, however, believes that reports of the collapse of its backward caste coalition are premature. BJP spokesperson ...

Decoding UP's political battle: Can BJP counter Samajwadi's PDA formula?

While Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party is attempting to move beyond the Muslim-Yadav label through its PDA (Pichhda, Dalit, ...

A Pandora's Box for DK: Karnataka's Caste Survey Looms Over Leadership Transition

Submitted just before the change of guard, the caste survey presents DK Shivakumar with his first major political and social ...

Siddaramaiah's influence, caste census: What could make or break DK Shivakumar's reign in Karnataka

DK Shivakumar takes the helm as Karnataka's new Chief Minister, facing a daunting array of challenges beyond his renowned ...
Jurist

‘Legal rights do not automatically translate into liberation in an unequal society’—An Interview with Historian Vijay Prashad on Caste Politics, War, and Economic Justice ...

JURIST Senior Editor for Long Form Content Pitasanna Shanmugathas interviews Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, chief editor of LeftWord Books, and ...
Yahoo

What is India’s long-awaited caste census and why has it sparked outcry from Modi’s followers?

The Indian government will collect caste details in its next population census in a policy U-turn that could have sweeping socioeconomic and political ramifications. Information minister Ashwini ...
The Diplomat

Indian Opposition’s Turn to Caste Politics Unnerves Ruling BJP

On October 2, the government of the eastern Indian state of Bihar released the report of a survey on the state’s population by caste – a traditional hierarchical division in Hindu society. The state ...
Asian News International

"Forget caste, politics will correct itself": Mohan Bhagwat pushes for inter-caste marriages

Mysuru (Karnataka) [India], May 8 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat advocated for inter-caste marriages to eradicate discrimination in the society of which, he said, politicians ...
Yahoo

India’s caste system is controversial and discriminatory. So why is it being included in the next census?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A census official collects information from a household in Bonda, on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, during the 2011 national ...

DK’s toughest deal yet: Balancing welfare, caste faultlines and Bengaluru’s infrastructure crisis

DK Shivakumar faces challenges as Karnataka's Chief Minister, balancing welfare, caste dynamics, and urgent infrastructure ...
PBS

India announces it will include caste details in its next census

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world’s most populous country. Information ...
Reuters

Caste politics

"Votebank" politics Figuring out which party can win in Uttar Pradesh depends on complex caste equations and what political strategists call “votebank” politics. Or, as the saying goes: It’s not how ...