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Politics Of Enumeration: BJP's Caste Census U-Turn And Its Electoral Stakes
Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai stood in Parliament and delivered what was then a definitive policy line: ...
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A Dharmic Demystification of India's Caste System
Aravindan Neelakandan in his 'A Dharmic Social History of India' has sought to deconstruct the widely held views on the ...
India will soon start its delayed census, including asking questions about caste
NEW DELHI — India will start counting its vast population in a mammoth exercise starting next year. The first census in 16 ...
India is preparing to launch its delayed census, including controversial questions about caste
NEW DELHI -- India will start counting its vast population in a mammoth exercise starting next year. The first census in 16 ...
Pariah: Why the name of a Tamil Dalit caste entered European vocabulary to mean the ‘ostracised’
The roots of the term ‘pariah’ lie in the name of a caste group called ‘Pariayar’, which originated in Tamil Nadu. In the ...