Although these roles do not all carry the same prestige ... People in India participate in the caste game, the class game, and the power game. In India, castes are ranked, and caste members in a ...

We're all sad and shocked," said KP Choudhary, the general secretary of an all-India association for lower castes. In the central state of Madhya Pradesh, senior police officials told BBC Hindi ...

The caste system, as it actually works in India is called jati. The term jati appears in almost all Indian languages and is related to the idea of lineage or kinship group. There are perhaps more than ...

Dalits in India may not cross the line dividing their part of the village from that occupied by higher castes. They may not ... Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ...

Dalit women across swathes of rural India have been victims of sexual ... woman And Dalit women bear the brunt of violence of all castes, including their own. The Centre for Dalit Rights group ...

Promotion of educational and economic interests of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes ... the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the people of India transcending religious, linguistic ...