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 ...

Of all the words that found their way into India, few have stayed as firmly as ‘caste’. Originated in Spain, then passed on by the Portuguese, it was the British who fixed it into India’s system.

On his latest work, India; A Linguistic Civilization that explores how the diversity that defines the Indian mind space emerges out of India’s multilingualism ...

In our 75th Independence Day special issue, Outlook examined how the caste system endures—and what it will take to finally break it. Plus, more from archives.

In India, caste is seen as an ancient Hindu social system based on the concepts of varna (class), karma (action), and dharma (duty), as described in the legal text Manusmriti. The varna system divided ...

While Hinduism institutionalised the four-fold Varna and jati system, Sikhism rejected such hierarchies. Sikh Gurus preached anti-caste messages, and Sikh scriptures included writings of saints and ...

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 ...

He was vehemently against the caste system and untouchability and consciously nourished gender equality. Therefore, from all perspectives, Lingayatism fulfils the qualities to be recognised as a ...

Is demanding for caste census a casteism? Caste system has been in our basic structure for the centuries. We cannot escape this. Congress party is saying that conduct a caste census.

The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking a direction to declare the caste system unconstitutional. The petitioner who filed the public interest litigation (PIL) told a bench of the ...