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A Twitter user flexed his 'janeu' or the 'sacred' thread worn by Brahmins and is now getting schooled over 'casteist' gesture.

A fortnightly column from The Wire's ombudsperson.

Petitions to be heard on Nov 9 challenge Constitutional validity of rendering 80% of all notes worthless unless exchanged, in PM's sudden announcement

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister asks RJD leaders to "reach out and protect" those lower than them on caste ladder, tells them not to speak against partner JDU

People will be able to watch proceedings in major cases such as challenge to Citizenship Amendment Act and quota to Upper Castes on economic basis

‘Those we vote for are afraid to take our name’

A newsletter on Indian politics from Scroll.in.

Yogi Adityanath recently compared Uttar Pradesh with states that have very different contexts. But what does the state's political history tell us about development and progress?

How do political parties utilise caste and community-based ticket distribution in electoral mobilisation? Here's an analyisis.

By ​Praveen Rai The party systems in Punjab and Uttarakhand share a demographic peculiarity of societal dominance that is unparalled in Indian competitive politics. Their electoral histories reveal that the Sikh community, comprising 58 percent of the population dominate politics in the land of five rivers, while the Upper castes constituting 60 percent of the populace