However, the battle over caste identity continues, as it remains a struggle for both access to resources and access to status. In the traditional system, those with status gained resources.

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 ...

Aravindan Neelakandan in his ‘A Dharmic Social History of India’ has sought to deconstruct the widely held views on the Indian caste system. That the Indian caste system is rigid has ...

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

(CNN) — 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.

What is caste? India’s caste system has roots in Hindu scriptures, and historically sorted the population into a hierarchy that defined people’s occupations, where they can live and who they can marry ...