When the earliest form of caste was created in ancient India, it had roots in religion. In the 21st century, it lives on as a ...

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 ...

The Washington, D.C.-based Pew Research Center recently released a landmark survey on religion and society in India. Administered to 29,999 respondents in 17 languages between November 2019 and March ...

Editor’s Note: As protests over caste quotas turn deadly in India’s Gujarat state, CNN’s New Delhi bureau chief looks at what’s behind the violence. Growing up in India, I remember our middle school ...

This story is part of a special project called Big Ideas in which EdWeek reporters ask hard questions about K-12 education’s biggest challenges and offer insights based on their extensive coverage and ...

Ancient gurukuls existed in India long before British schools. British education began in the 1800s with English and science. Modern India blends ancient learning with British-style schools. Which ...

I met Minal at a retreat center in rural England in March 2023, and we became fast friends. We were there to attend a Buddhist course, with six other women from different parts of the world. Over the ...

On a crisp winter morning in February 2023, I meet one of my South Delhi neighbours, a lawyer in India’s supreme court, in a local cafe. As an avid promoter of religious minority rights, known for his ...