Caste, a word foreign in origin but deeply immersed in India's identity today, has travelled centuries and continents. From colonial classification to present-day politics, it continues to define ...

With the Centre giving the nod to include caste data in the upcoming population census, the long-standing debate over a caste census has once again taken centre stage. Here’s a comprehensive look at ...

Vaishyas have long made up the business class ... Caste Hindus [Hindus within the four-fold caste system] considered them polluted and would perform purification rituals if they accidentally touched ...

The caste system in India divides Hindus into four main groups – Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras. Outside of this are the Dalits, also known as “Untouchables.” India has a ...

Amid tensions between India and Pakistan over the Pahalgam attack, the government took everyone by surprise by announcing that caste enumeration would be part of the next census exercise - a ...

The majority are deprived of literacy. By following the Manusmriti, the four-caste system of Brahmins, Vaishyas, Kshatriyas, and Shudras was introduced in society, and the Shudras were not given ...

This way of thinking continues today, where many believe that the caste system, in its current form ... cosmic being i.e Shudras from the feet, Vaishyas from thighs, Kshatriyas from the arms ...

Vaishyas are the next rung ... Social and Cultural Significance of the Caste System Caste systems are reliant on ancient notions of ritual purity but they can still hold contemporary implications ...

Vaishyas: Merchants and landowners ... structured world is easier to process than a chaotic one. Supporting the caste system reduces the mental burden of questioning alternatives.

Later, in the Yajurveda, we are told that Vaishyas are born ... Now we have a neo-varna system: General Category (GC), Other Backward Communities (OBC), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes ...