Maratha dominions and other Indian states had developed fairly detailed caste enumerations, used to regulate hierarchies and ...

The Indian government has long insisted that the social hierarchy has no place in the country, which banned caste ...

wrote that the caste system has always stood like a fortress protecting Indian society against repeated attacks by invaders and missionaries. “Certainly, the larger aspect of a Hindu’s life ...

The number of citizens indicating they have transcended community identities, such as those committed to egalitarian ideals ...

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 ...

Effectively, an American state body tried to define religious beliefs, claiming that the caste system was an integral ... as opposition from the Hindu and Indian American communities ramped ...

Dalit women are among the most oppressed groups in the world and are often victims of sexual violence or even murder. Dalit ...

painting caste as an inherently immoral system, and portraying “upper castes” as the exclusive perpetrators of discrimination against “lower castes”. The Hindu Manifesto challenges these ...

In the Hindu caste system ... for those who find themselves at the bottom of its hierarchy. Within the Indian caste system, occupations were historically inherited. That, combined with social ...

A writer from an oppressed Hindu caste publishes a cookbook that he hopes will shatter the notion of a mostly vegetarian India. Four years ago, a pretty famous Indian American, Mindy Kaling ...

The Indian government has long insisted that ... What is caste? India’s caste system has roots in Hindu scriptures, and historically sorted the population into a hierarchy that defined people ...