"Caste system is assuming new identities and associational forms. Hence, caste system cannot be eradicated in India." Comment.
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Census 2027: no decision yet on how open-field caste entries will be sorted · 26 September 2026 · Covers one part · use it in the body
Use it to show caste acquiring new forms as a category of data and political mobilisation, through enumeration and sub-categorisation demands.
- Census 2027's open-field caste entries will need mapping to Central and State OBC lists that differ from each other, and the classification method is still undecided.
- Caste data can inform OBC sub-categorisation (Rohini Commission, Article 340); Opposition parties and OBC groups fear a repeat of SECC 2011, whose caste data was never released.
Census 2027 first phase nears completion, PM calls it a national responsibility · 28 September 2026 · Covers one part · use it in the conclusion
Use it to conclude that official caste counts may themselves feed new associational mobilisation around numbers and entitlements.
- Census 2027 will enumerate caste, approved by the CCPA on 30 April 2025, with self-reported caste names to be coded and classified.
- Its results may intensify demands linked to reservation and delimitation, giving caste associations fresh grounds to organise.
Is 'purifying' a venue after a Dalit leader's rally untouchability under Article 17? · 2 September 2026 · Covers one part · use it in the example
Cite the Haldwani 'purification' ritual as a contested example of caste notions of purity and pollution surfacing in new forms in public life.
- On 10 August 2026, two days after Mallikarjun Kharge's rally at Haldwani's Ramlila ground, Shri Ram Sena members performed a 'shuddhikaran' ritual; Congress leaders called it untouchability.
- The organisers said it responded to slogans at the rally, not to Kharge's caste, so whether it was caste-based depends on intent and evidence.
- In Sukanya Shantha (3 October 2024) the Supreme Court read Article 17 to cover caste-based notions of purity and pollution, not only physical exclusion.