It was a socio-political statement that rejected Hindu justification for caste ... to this system.” But to D.B. Sagar, a Dalit activist originally from Nepal, Hinduism and Buddhism can coexist ...

With the Centre giving the nod to include caste data in the upcoming population census, the long-standing debate over a caste ...

The conversion of Dalits to Buddhism under Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s guidance, culminating in the mass conversion event on October 14, 1956, in Nagpur, was a pivotal moment in their emancipation.

It was to overcome the caste system that Ambedkar had decided to adopt Buddhism, after scrutinizing all the prominent religions for over ten years, in 1956. Just two months after his official ...

Many other scholars also observed that Buddhism was “not a reaction to the caste system” and just aimed at the salvation of those who joined its monastic order. The prevalence of the caste ...

This was perhaps one of the reasons that Punjab converted to Buddhism which defied caste system and challenged the cultural and literary hegemony of Brahmanism. But it did not mean that caste ...

The caste system that Buddha warned of undergirds the luxury lodging industry. In Buddhism, external conditions like access to designer boutiques and on-demand blender delivery cannot be expected ...

Dallas Stribley / Getty Images A caste system segregates people into fixed social groups based on discriminatory notions of purity and contamination. People are placed into fixed social groups in ...

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian ...