The Indian caste system dictates the course of an individual's life — their profession, social circle, and sense of self. It ...

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 ...

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 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 ...