A Dalit woman and a Muslim man had an affair. The man’s mother opposed their marriage, hurling caste-based abuses at the ...

Whereas, Caste is something else altogether. In Spain-Portugal, Casta (“pure”) referred to the de facto endogamy between the Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities. When the Portuguese found a ...

This constitutes the third pillar of caste, endogamy, i.e. restricting marriage within the same caste, an ironclad foundation of the system that is enforced brutally and can be violated only at a ...

Throughout human history, three caste systems have stood out. The tragically accelerated, chilling, and officially vanquished caste system of Nazi Germany.

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has now taken up a complaint of caste discrimination at the hands of the campus placement offices in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT ...

Adding an ironic layer to the hostility, MAGA supporters have hit back at Indians calling out racism by pointing to casteism and the rigid enforcement of caste endogamy within Indian communities. One ...

MLK Day & the Inauguration The third Monday of January, which falls this year on the 20th, is a federal holiday in the U.S., in honor of Dr. Martin Luther […] ...

Adding an ironic layer to the hostility, MAGA supporters have hit back at Indians calling out racism by pointing to casteism and the rigid enforcement of caste endogamy within Indian communities.

Urbanisation is often cited as an antidote to the influence of caste in society. So, does politics rise above caste in urban pockets? Delhi is, perhaps, the only Union Territory (UT) with a large ...

In a controversial move, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) printed caste categories on the hall tickets for students appearing for the upcoming Higher ...

Rutgers University in the US has decided not to create a separate category for caste-based discrimination, stating it's already covered under existing policies. The decision was welcomed by Hindu ...