This issue of caste hierarchy has been highlighted ... Thus, Punjab’s chatur-varna system evolved quite differently from other parts of India. Brahmins played a minimal role.

The issues of downsizing the representation through delimitation and the anti-Hindi agitation have emerged from Tamil Nadu after the 2024 election. In recent times, Tamil Nadu has taken a lead for the ...

BR Ambedkar not only indigenised the concept of human rights but also reinstated human values in a society long dehumanised by the Varna system.

Discrimination against individuals based on caste would seem to be a relic of the past. Even in India ... In the Hindu caste system, people are placed at birth into “varna” and “jati ...

Dr Sanjay Kumar Bhasin Today country is celebrating 134th birth anniversary of Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar, popularly known as ...

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 ...

India’s social fabric remains hostile to interfaith and intercaste couples. But “safe homes” offer some security.

Pre-Colonial Fluidity of the Caste System The caste system, rooted in the ancient varna framework (Brahmins ... were traditionally a community of weavers in India, skilled in producing textiles ...

Experts point out that even though caste has been a social reality in Bengal, much like the rest of India ... system. It was only in the 12th century that there was a resurgence of Brahmanism in ...