They represent “not an archaic ritual system but a dynamic aspect of modern economies.” Some believe that the market economy within India will ultimately erode caste. Dalit businessperson ...

Wilkerson identifies the shared features of the caste systems in three countries—Nazi Germany, India, and the United States—exploring their basis in divine will or natural law, the ways in which caste ...

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Caste – an outlawed hereditary hierarchy – has continued to shape Indian society in overt and subtle ways. But calls for a ...

February 25, seven days ago, marks the birth anniversary of Balraj Madhok, who served as the fourteenth president of the ...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath highlighted Sambhal's ancient roots, suggesting it predates Islam by 2,000 years. Amid tensions over a mosque allegedly built on a demolished temple, he ...

After waiting for a few days, I decided to go through the paper titled "Neo-liberal Economy and Middle-class Patidar ...

Fr Devasagayaraj told AsiaNews that such situations, unfortunately, persist in southern India. For him, “Christ and Caste can’t go together.” New Delhi (AsiaNews) – The Indian Supreme ...

The Maharashtra BJP government recently launched a web portal to issue certificates to vendors from the Hindu Khatik caste ...

Threatened, ostracised and pushed to the edge, a group of about 130 Dalit families in West Bengal's Purba Bardhaman district ...