According to modern research (ref. Caste System in India, Wikipedia) the caste system was a British perversion of India’s traditional social categories, influenced by the Spanish “casta” or ...

Mejorando la Raza' culture systematically excludes Black women from relationships, families and social acceptance ...

How caste, a word of Spanish origin, redefined Indian social order during British rule Caste, a word foreign in origin but deeply immersed in India's resemblance today, the word caste has travelled ...

Caste Never Went Away: Violence, Humiliation and Resistance Still Shape Our Lives In our 75th Independence Day special issue, Outlook examined how the caste system endures—and what it will take ...

Caste: how a Spanish word, carried by the Portuguese, came to describe social order in India Despite being inextricably linked to Indian tradition, the modern understanding and usage of the word ...

How caste permeated the Sikh community Sikhism, considered one of the youngest religions in the world, has since its inception denounced the caste system. Yet caste, as a social category, remains ...

The Indian government has long insisted that the social hierarchy has no place in the country, which banned caste discrimination in 1950.

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 ...

In an interview with Frontline, the Dalit poet and thinker Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy discusses Buddha, Basava, and Ambedkar’s fight against oppression and the impact of caste on Indian history.

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

Amid the voices being raised in the favour of conducting a nationwide caste census from the Congress, party leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said that the caste system has been in our basic ...