But more than a century after Japan's caste system was abolished, in 1871, burakumin still face the injustice of bigotry: scuttled marriage engagements, the taunts of strangers, rejected job ...

Pew argues that “India’s caste system, an ancient social hierarchy with origins in Hindu writings, ... one that bore an uncanny resemblance to feudal England – emerged under their watch.

Class and caste in feudal Japan and frontier Texas By LOU MARANO WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- In parallel scenes, warriors walk off in the swirling dust; the communities they have served have no further ...

The Governor asserted that honoring teachers is part of Indian culture, while the CPIM criticized the ritual as feudal and ...

Abstract. The foreign powers who ruled the littoral of Sri Lanka since 1594, picked the headmen who wielded the royal authority in provinces in the caste-feudal social order for filling administrative ...

Princesses stepping out of their palaces to mingle with the people make for a benign fairytale. There is an ugly and violent side to this as well that involves upper-caste oppression and atrocities.