This is an age old system of self-governance among Jharkhand’s Ho adivasi community, which, since British times, has been a ...

Editor’s note: This is the second of a six-chapter article on the economy of India, published this week. In “lombard street”, published in 1873, Walter Bagehot, then editor of The Economist, wrote ...

The practice dates back to at least the 6th century CE, gaining prominence between the 7th and 12th centuries, especially in ...

Voting for the crucial election will begin at 10 am and conclude at 5 pm, with all members of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok ...

While attending a wedding in March, M. K. Stalin, the chief minister of India’s fastest-growing state, Tamil Nadu, made a peculiar request: “Earlier we used to say, take your time and have a baby. But ...

Why do people defend social systems that oppress them? Why do the marginalized sometimes work to uphold structures and arrangements that limit their potential? These questions are not just ...

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 ...