Excerpted with permission from the publisher Scamlands: Inside the Asian empire of fraud that preys on the world ‎,‎ Snigdha Poonam, published by Penguin Viking.

In the world's largest democracy, a hidden data trove and filmmaker testimonies reveal how India's censorship regime has now evolved from simply cutting minor scenes to suppressing hard truths.

It might sound blasphemous, but the Hindi cinema landscape of 2025 can be summed up with a hypothetical image, of a bloody, ...

New Study examines the prevalence of caste-based discrimination in India, why mainstream psychology often fails to capture ...

Placing personality at the centre of politics is not new in India. Supporters of Indira Gandhi, an autocratic prime minister, ...

India’s daily hygiene failures are tied to caste-defined labour, not just a lack of “civic sense.” Dalit sanitation workers carry the burden of national cleanliness while facing social disgust and ...

The cabinet on Friday approved a proposal to conduct the census in two phases — house listing between April and September next year and enumeration from February 2027. The cabinet, chaired by Prime ...

HOLLYWOOD, CA — The documentary The Caste Rush drew a packed audience at its August 9 screening in Hollywood, sparking animated discussions among attendees moved by its subject matter. The 60-minute ...

The Supreme Court has allowed an SC certificate for a minor based on her mother's caste, even though her father is non-SC. This decision, made to prevent academic hardship, raises questions about ...

The far-right group known as the R.S.S., whose members include Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has spent a century trying to ...

Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) systems, such as Aadhaar and Unified Payments Interface (UPI), now match private platforms in terms of reach. India's digital transformation is advancing rapidly, ...

Seeking to counter criticism of the organisation, Mohan Bhagwat urged people to engage directly with the RSS to dispel what he described as false perceptions of it being 'anti-Muslim' ...