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 ...

Even in India, where the caste system was most rigid, the practice has been officially banned since 1950. Essentially, a caste system is a rigid assignment of social status based on inheritance.

The caste system, developed in India, divides people into separate groups based on birth, marriage and occupation. Warinder Juss, Labour MP for Wolverhampton West, said amendments suggested in ...

“They look startled and back off,” she said. Driving in New Delhi can be chaotic, but adding to the madness is an unusual caste system that gives unofficial preference to some less-than ...