What is caste and caste discrimination? “Caste” or a “caste system” is a social hierarchy passed down through families and can dictate an individual’s permissible professions as well as aspects of ...

RSS leader Indresh Kumar describes the organization as an effort to end caste discrimination. Speaking at a Hindu Sammelan, ...

Villagers in Nabarangapur refused to carry a man’s body to the cremation ground due to his daughters’ inter-caste marriages.

Discrimination against individuals based on caste would seem to be a relic of the past. Even in India, where the caste system was most rigid, the practice has been officially banned since 1950.

The ruling party has been navigating complex challenges, from discontent among its core upper-caste support base to fear of ...

In 2015, Thenmozhi Soundararajan, a young activist, scholar, and co-founder of Equality Labs — a dalit civil rights organisation — spearheaded the first nationwide survey on caste discrimination in ...

The Karnataka cabinet approved 56,000 job recruitments, legislation against caste killings, and the Rohith Vemula Act to ...

In recent years, a number of colleges and universities have added caste to their list of prohibited classifications under their anti-discrimination policies. Two Hindu professors at a public ...

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 government ...

The death of a two-month-old infant following an alleged temple altercation and caste abuse claims triggered unrest in ...

Vijayendra Prasad acknowledged his own social background, stating that he belongs to an upper caste and was born into a ...