Punjab has a long history of egalitarian beliefs as it nurtured Sikh and Sufi thoughts. However, it also has a very high ...

Jeremy Edwards / Getty Images Discrimination against individuals based on caste would seem to be a relic of the past. Even in India ... caste system, people are placed at birth into “varna ...

We cannot talk about Hinduism without caste. When we say caste, we are using a European word. The local words are jati and ...

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