Caste Consciousness: The census heightened awareness of caste distinctions, fostering competition and conflict between groups vying for higher status or colonial favor. This contributed to the ...

The persistence of caste stigma against Dalits in India is a complex issue rooted in historical, social, economic, and ...

The modern caste system developed in India. The fragmentation of the Mughal Empire led, in the centuries before the British Raj, to the spread of caste archetypes as a way to cement political ...

Vivek Kumar’s ‘Decoding Ambedkar’ is a much-needed corrective that critiques B.R. Ambedkar’s contributions to governance, ...

That an upper caste neta ‘purified’ a temple visited by a Dalit neta is shocking, and as BJP knows, politically damaging The ...

He was India’s first revolutionary who fought against the caste system. If Chhaava movie can be released, even promoted by the BJP government, then what is the problem with Phule’s film who ...

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.

Until the modern age they ... and outside the Hindu caste system. Many retain their own languages, which are distinct from the main Northern and Southern Indian language groups.

Historical Context of Caste System The modern caste system developed in India. The fragmentation of the Mughal Empire led, in the centuries before the British Raj, to the spread of caste ...