Discrimination based on birth was outlawed in India in 1950 but the legacy of the caste system continues to be felt around ...

Illiterate and married off at age 10, Chaumar was forced into the only livelihood her family has known for generations. As a ...

The Indian caste system is the most widely cited and one ... Then there are Kshatriyas, political leaders and warriors. Vaishyas are the next rung. They're merchants. Shudras are fourth in the ...

A self-made king who led the Maratha opposition against Aurangzeb, revolutionizing Indian society and governance.

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.

India's caste system, which splits up Hindus into different ... priestly class), the Kshatriyas (the ruling, administrative ...

In a recent interview with Professor Sukhadeo Thorat, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticized India's merit system as "completely ... merit is dominated by upper-caste narratives, leading to ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

The warriors and leaders are like the upper ... Dalits Excluded from the ‘caste system’, the people who are today called Dalits traditionally tackled the dirtiest tasks of society Dalit ...