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 based ...

Fact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug Reviewed by Andy Smith The Caste System: An Overview Discrimination against individuals based on caste would seem to be a relic of the past. Even in India, where ...

Today, August 2, marks the birth anniversary of Indian sociologist, writer, activist, and prominent intellectual of the ...

Caste identity in our times is not framed within the broader framework of the caste-system but around the newer aspirational ...

Despite being outlawed in 1950, the caste system, which categorizes Hindus at birth and once forced the so-called “untouchables” or Dalits to the margins of society, is still omnipresent in ...

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline This Indian rapper is spitting bars about climate justice, caste, and Indigenous rights on Jul 29, 2025. Distraught fan messages are ...

The caste system in India is not just about social hierarchy—it is also about social and psychological control. It thrives because people believe in it, even when it hurts them (Jost, 2020).

India's current policy caps quotas at 50%, with 27% reserved for OBCs. Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy in India and is critical to Indian life and politics.

Yashica Dutt, author of “Coming Out as Dalit: A Memoir of Surviving India’s Caste System,” reads an excerpt to an audience at Northwestern University in Evanston on May 1. Dutt also spoke at ...