There are about 2.5 million people of Indian descent living in the United States today. While India’s rich food and dance are celebrated in America, the caste system which Indian emigrants came from ...

Faith communities can work together to end systems of discrimination that carry from generation to generation.

Gill responded with a tweet that drew immediate criticism: “America is the ‘land of opportunity’ precisely because we DON’T have a caste system.

Since legislation in 1950, the untouchable caste has been treated far more kindly than in the past. Gandhi called them Harijan, or "children of God," yet they remain visibly separate in many places.

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 ...

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 ...

To the best of my knowledge, no American TV shows include caste-oppressed South Asian characters from Shudra (the peasant/laborer varna at the bottom of the caste system), Dalit, or Adivasi ...

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).