What is caste? India’s caste system has roots in Hindu scriptures, and historically sorted the population into a hierarchy that defined people’s occupations, where they can live and who they ...

Fact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug Reviewed by Andy Smith The Caste System: An Overview Discrimination against individuals based on caste would seem to be a relic of the past. Even in India, where ...

A caste system often uses discriminatory notions of purity and contamination. It continues to have an impact on contemporary society in many areas of the world.

India’s caste system has roots in Hindu scriptures, and historically sorted the population into a hierarchy that defined people’s occupations, where they can live and who they can marry based ...

The caste system in India is not just about social hierarchy—it is also about social and psychological control. It thrives because people believe in it, even when it hurts them (Jost, 2020).

Writer Martha Ann Overland reports from New Delhi that though India is driven by a rigid caste system, she, as an American living there, is fighting to prevent caste divisions in her New Delhi ...

The film “Origin,” like the book “Caste” on which it was based, offers a powerful paradigm for understanding America’s bitter racial divide, writes author and theologian Keith Magee.

Caste. It’s an ancient system of social stratification that emerged in India thousands of years ago. It is also a term that has driven intense debate — and divisions — within the growing ...

The Annihilation of Caste was initially prepared for a speech at the Jat-Pat Todak Mandal (an anti-caste reformist group whose name translates to “The Break-Up of the Caste System” in Hindi/Urdu).