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 ...

In this programme Devina Gupta explores the foods of the Dalit community, historically considered at the very bottom of the caste system. She hears how many dishes evolved from necessity, due to ...

Gupta said she is backing the bill because those facing caste discrimination have no protection or legal recourse right now. “This is the form of accountability we need,” she said.

A California lawmaker has introduced a bill in the state Senate that would add caste as a protected class to the state’s anti-discrimination laws. It’s the first such statewide effort in the US.

Soundararajan and Gupta ended up holding their caste equity talk anyway. It wasn’t sanctioned by Google, as Gupta had to explicitly say at the beginning, but it was streamed on YouTube, where it ...

She said the goal was to bring awareness to the caste system and specifically Dalits. Known as “untouchables,” Dalits are at the bottom of the 3,000-year-old system of social hierarchy.

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 ...

Caste, the system of dividing society into hereditary classes is now a protected category at all 23 California State University campuses. It was added to the anti-discrimination policy as a push ...

The California University System — the largest four-year public university in the nation — will add to its school policy a ban on discrimination based on someone’s caste.

The California State University system last week updated its nondiscrimination policy to include caste, making it the first university system in the country to enact such a policy, the Los Angeles ...

Caste system discrimination is the exclusion of individuals from opportunities based on the social level of their families. Caste discrimination continues to be linked to poverty, lack of access ...