The most prominent caste system developed in Hindu society, but it is not confined ... historical castes and instead onto ...

Even under the Raj, caste as a ‘system’ was far less uniform and all-pervading than many colonial commentators believed. Nevertheless, in the centuries immediately preceding the British conquest, ...

Dalit authors writing in English have produced groundbreaking works, gaining international acclaim but failing to secure ...

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said his government will take necessary steps to implement the caste census report in ... due to absence of reservation system at that time and pointed out that he ...

David describes life in Appalachian Kentucky, specifically Martin County, as a caste system. When his father suffered a stroke in 2010, David says the first responders that were supposed to help ...

Dalits were formerly known as “Untouchables,” the lowest level on the Hindu caste system. In India, it is common for caste discrimination to exist even in non-Hindu religions, including ...

The Guyanese immigrant community of Indian descent celebrates the Hindu holiday of Holi with the ... “It’s important to situate caste not as a strand that weaves into how we navigate the ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday declared that caste-based discrimination of prisoners, segregation of their work according to caste hierarchy, and the treatment of inmates from the de-notified ...

CasteFiles, a Hindu-American advocacy and educational group ... Rutgers University had been advised to add “caste” as a protected group in the university’s Policy Prohibiting Discrimination and ...

These two slogans were raised by Hindu sants (saints ... it became a national platform for promoting inter-caste harmony and emerged as a support system for social equity. The proposed caste ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." But the public commentary around Harris and Vance, two figures of Indian descent in the spotlight of ...