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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Sharad Pawar’s political decline in Maharashtra represents the limits of dominant caste mobilisation in today’s India. And BJP’s Hindutva spells trouble for caste-based family-run parties ...

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday unveiled a painting of Anubhava Mantapa at the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha ...