For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian government ...

Discrimination against individuals based on caste would seem to be a relic of the past. Even in India, where the caste system was most rigid, the practice has been officially banned since 1950.

Shailaja Paik was born into India’s Dalit community — one of the millions who belong to historically marginalized and oppressed castes due to their professions. They’re so scorned that they were for ...

Indian society rests on a graded hierarchy called caste, which Dr BR Ambedkar described as “an ascending scale of reverence ...

As India debates caste discrimination once again aftert the new UGC (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulation 2026, in courts, campuses, and politics, a large-scale Pew ...

Chalam has advocated for caste enumeration in the population census. Mr. Chalam was speaking at the ‘caste census - ...

California may become the first state in the nation to outlaw caste-based bias, a safeguard people of South Asian descent say is necessary to protect them from discrimination in housing, education and ...

What is caste and caste discrimination? “Caste” or a “caste system” is a social hierarchy passed down through families and can dictate an individual’s permissible professions as well as aspects of ...