In addition, caste has allowed countless groups that have migrated into India to find a place and to play an important role. The caste system, as it actually works in India is called jati. The term ...

In a caste system, people are put into fixed social groups under a hierarchy that often relies upon discriminatory notions of ...

Steps to eliminate societal divisions are necessary for Indians to place public interest over personal. Ending our ...

Here's a look at how India's caste system could influence the outcome. People including Sadhus or Hindu holy men line up to cast their vote outside a polling station in Vrindavan in the northern ...

Reservation is not the cause of caste — it is a consequence. Without dismantling caste-based discrimination, even ...

Caste is often viewed as an ancient and traditional structure of hierarchy with its origin in the Hindu religious system, flourishing in the social ecology of the Indian village. Such framings of ...

Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda has urged Parliament to reconsider whether reservations should be based on caste or ...

that some of his fellow Hindus were unconvinced that the caste system needed to be addressed at all. Shanmugam is among those American Hindus who believe that the Indian diaspora has grown to the ...

According to Anahita Tanjea, the co-founder of Shrine Empire, “Sajan’s unique use of natural rubber sheets comes from his ...

Neelakuyil was the first South Indian film to win the National Award ... “In those days, the caste system existed quite openly, but today it’s indirect. In my personal opinion, the caste ...

In Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada, Shahu Patole pays tribute to a cuisine that has long been considered not worthy of ...

The caste system in India dates back over 3,000 years and divides Hindu society into rigid hierarchical groups. The ordinance passed by Seattle on Tuesday follows similar bans on caste bias that ...