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 ...

From Varanasi’s funeral pyres to Delhi’s sewers, India’s caste system creates hazardous working conditions for the country’s ...

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

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 ...

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).

Mental well-being is rooted in the complex relationship between society and the individual. Laws and policies alone cannot ...

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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 ...