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Caste census: Why the liberal intelligentsia’s opposition is misplaced

Sharik Laliwala
· Oct 11, 2023 · 07:30 am
Karnataka: Decision to scrap 4% quota for Muslims stayed till May 9

Scroll Staff
· Apr 25, 2023 · 02:42 pm
The India Fix: From Ramcharitmanas to caste census, Mandal politics is trying to make a comeback

Shoaib Daniyal
· Mar 06, 2023 · 09:00 am
UP government moves Supreme Court against HC order on OBC quota in urban local body polls

Scroll Staff
· Dec 29, 2022 · 08:47 pm
IITs, central universities filled only 30% of reserved faculty vacancies in a year, shows data

Scroll Staff
· Dec 22, 2022 · 11:01 am
Readers’ comments: ‘I too have struggled because my surname reveals my Dalit identity’

Scroll
· Nov 22, 2022 · 03:30 pm
Remove 50% cap on quotas, says Nitish Kumar

Scroll Staff
· Nov 08, 2022 · 10:15 pm
Why courts keep striking down OBC reservations in local body elections

Umang Poddar
· Nov 01, 2022 · 06:30 am
Bengaluru civic polls: HC asks Karnataka government to redo list of wards reserved for women, OBCs

Scroll Staff
· Sep 30, 2022 · 05:16 pm
Supreme Court allows 27% OBC reservation in Maharashtra local body polls

Scroll Staff
· Jul 21, 2022 · 01:26 pm
Go home and cook instead of being in politics, BJP leader tells MP Supriya Sule

Scroll Staff
· May 26, 2022 · 04:23 pm
Caste threads are spawning deadly conflicts in Tamil Nadu schools

Johanna Deeksha
· May 25, 2022 · 06:30 am
Madhya Pradesh will seek review of SC order to hold local body polls without OBC quota

Scroll Staff
· May 10, 2022 · 10:20 pm
Why PhDs are a minefield for India’s marginalised students

Johanna Deeksha
· Mar 09, 2022 · 06:30 am
Maharashtra moves SC against order staying 27% quota for OBCs in local body polls

Scroll Staff
· Jan 17, 2022 · 02:55 pm
Supreme Court asks Maharashtra to notify 27% OBC seats under general category for local body polls

Scroll Staff
· Dec 15, 2021 · 05:10 pm
Caste enumeration of OBCs in 2021 census will be ‘difficult’, Centre tells Supreme Court

Scroll Staff
· Sep 24, 2021 · 09:25 am
What the latest US census reveals about racial and ethnic diversity and what India can learn from it

Nikhil Pandhi
· Aug 22, 2021 · 09:00 am
President Kovind gives assent to Bill allowing states to make OBC lists

Scroll Staff
· Aug 20, 2021 · 01:11 pm
OBC Bill useless without caste census, removing 50% cap on quota, says Sharad Pawar

Scroll Staff
· Aug 17, 2021 · 09:55 am