Travelers to India have commented on caste for more than two thousand years. In Indian society the group comes first, unlike our own society that gives so much importance to the individual personality ...

More than 240 million people in South Asia live a precarious existence, shunned by much of society because of their ranks as untouchables or Dalits at the bottom of a rigid caste system.

"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 ...

Outlook’s upcoming issue, ‘Caste vs Caste’, explores the decades-long debate over sub-categorisation and the creamy layer withing Scheduled Castes, especially in the context of a political ...

Instead of pitting Brahmins and non-Brahmins as eternal foes, the reimagining of caste and religion in this period allows us to explore the complex intermeshing of ideologies and personalities.

A recent wealth distribution survey revealed that just 22% of upper caste hindus own almost 41% of the total wealth in India. According to the survey, the Scheduled Tribes accounted for the lowest ...

Discriminatory and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of a vast global population has been justified on the basis of caste. In much of Asia and parts of Africa, caste is the basis for the ...

"We are victims of violence because we are poor, lower caste and women, so looked down upon by all," a Dalit woman told researcher Jayshree Mangubhai some years ago. "There is no one to help or ...

Seattle has become the first US city to ban discrimination based on caste after a vote by the city council. Councilwoman Kshama Sawant, who wrote the legislation, said the fight against caste bias ...

India's prisons should not discriminate based on caste, including assigning "impure" work to inmates from disadvantaged communities, the Supreme Court has said. The Supreme Court in India ordered ...

No. 2 IDENTITIES AND REPRESENTATIONS with Symposium on Caste and Psychology April 2024 pp. 49-341 OPEN ACCESS No. 1 REFORMATION BEYOND REPRESENTATION: The Social Life of the Constitution in Remedying ...

The RSS supports the caste census, stressing it should be used solely for the welfare of underprivileged communities and not for political purposes. This debate is highlighted as the Parliament's ...