Caste system discrimination occurs when someone ... that differences in job losses between castes could not explained by education, industry, or occupation. This data suggests, Deshpande and ...

Lawyers, journalists and other members of the country’s educated class say their jobs entitle them to special treatment on ...

The caste system, as it actually works in India is called jati. The term jati appears in almost all Indian languages and is related to the idea of lineage or kinship group. There are perhaps more than ...

Scholars of caste—India’s longstanding, religiously-based system of social hierarchy—will gather at ... human rights problems in the world,” GDS Director Laurence Simon explained recently in the ...

More than 240 million people in South Asia live a precarious existence, shunned by much of society because of their ranks as untouchables or Dalits at the bottom of a rigid caste system.

The caste system, a deep-rooted reality in Indian society, has shaped access to resources, opportunities, and rights. Despite decades of affirmative action, the lack of up-to-date data on caste ...

The release of the caste-based survey results months before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls could significantly reshape Bihar's political landscape. Parties such as the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Janata ...