Sociologist Prof. K Kalyani teaches at the School of Arts and Sciences at Azim Premji University in Bengaluru. She researches ...

In Lakshmi’s Secret Diary, Ari Gautier crafts a dazzling, multi-layered narrative that is as whimsical as it is profound.

Maratha dominions and other Indian states had developed fairly detailed caste enumerations, used to regulate hierarchies and impose differential taxation and privileges.

Most children in India are taught about the four-fold caste system that emerges in the Vedas. However, in real life, these four categories are not distributed equally across India. In North, South, ...

Caste systems are a type of structural discrimination based on work and descent. There are many global caste systems and the South Asian caste system is one of the oldest in the world.

Despite living in Australia, many ‘lower caste’ South Asians from India, Nepal and elsewhere say the system of hereditary social hierarchy persists The discrimination is pervasive, pernicious ...

In South Asian communities, this means addressing the problem of colourism. With roots in both European colonialism and the ancient Hindu caste system, colourism is a form of discrimination that ...

It sparked dialogue in South Asian communities about the lingering effects of the caste system and how they present in American life. Many who identify as caste-oppressed went public with their ...

California’s legislation targeted the caste system in South Asian and Hindu immigrant communities by adding caste as a protected class to the state’s existing anti-discrimination laws.

Why It Matters: The bill reflects divisions in the state’s South Asian community and its influence as a growing demographic. The bill, known as Senate Bill 403, had driven intense debate — and ...

The caste system, a social hierarchy most prominent in South Asian communities, relegates some into lower classes where they face violence, slurs, social isolation and a lack of mobility.