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 ...

NEW DELHI: Caste enumeration was a regular feature of census exercises during British rule from 1881 to 1931. However, with the first census of independent India in 1951, the government chose to ...

Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic issues ...

NEW DELHI — 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 ...

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India is OpenAI’s second-largest market, but ChatGPT and Sora reproduce caste stereotypes that harm millions of people. When Dhiraj Singha began applying for postdoctoral sociology fellowships in ...

Rahul Ranjan is a doctoral student at Maharaja Surajmal Brij University in Bharatpur. His research focuses on identity politics in the press and publications, with an emphasis on modern Indian history ...

(CNN) — 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. CNN — (CNN) — ...

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 ...