The bigger talking point for many Indians is the ‘hukou,’ China’s household registration system, introduced in 1950s, which ...

China, the world's manufacturing powerhouse and a socialist state governed by a communist party, is being accused online of ...

China’s hukou system is being compared with India’s caste structure on social media. While many argue that the household ...

Several posts on X claim that China, too, has hierarchical social systems that marginalise some sections of society. What are ...

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated. A move to outlaw ...

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 ...

CHENNAI, India — Chezi K. Ganesan looks every inch the high-tech entrepreneur, dressed in the Silicon Valley uniform of denim shirt and khaki trousers, slick smartphone close at hand. He splits his ...

FILE - Members of the audience listen to a speaker at a rally organized by National Conference of Dalit Organisations in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2005. Dalits, who belong to the lowest of ...

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