Sociologist Prof. K Kalyani teaches at the School of Arts and Sciences at Azim Premji University in Bengaluru. She researches ...

Maratha dominions and other Indian states had developed fairly detailed caste enumerations, used to regulate hierarchies and impose differential taxation and privileges.

Framed as Global South outreach, the trip spans three continents and underscores India’s desire to deepen diplomatic and ...

The administrative units are divided into blocks, which is a clearly defined area within a village or town on a notional map ...

Myanmar’s civil war is unwinnable under the circumstances. Supporting Kachin independence could secure rare earth supplies, ...

The 14th Dalai Lama was only 23 years old when he fled Tibet and sought refuge in India. This happened in the face of the Tibetan uprising in 1959, which was followed by the Chinese invasion of Lhasa, ...

UPSC Geography map-based questions asked in the prelims exam aim to assess the knowledge of candidates about the Indian states and their neighbouring countries, rivers – origin, tributaries ...

Sociologist Trina Vithayathil, author of Counting Caste, contends that the Census 2027 offers a rare chance to map the intersections of caste, gender, and religion. Yet without institutional ...

The upcoming 2026–27 national Census is set to be a historic exercise unlike any previous enumeration in independent India. While two aspects—the inclusion of b ...

The government has formally announced that the 16th Census of India will take place in two phases, with the reference dates set as March 1, 2027, for most of the country and October 1, 2026, for ...

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Rahul Gandhi aims to empower India's tribal communities by strengthening their political representation within the Congress ...