In recent weeks, there have been efforts to outlaw what's known as "caste discrimination" in the U.S. Seattle became the first city to ban caste discrimination in February. Now California may add ...

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 ...

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 ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Caste discrimination wasn’t on the radar of many lawmakers in California. Then it showed up on their doorstep. Hundreds of people mobilized outside the state Capitol in recent ...

A century after the last caste count, India faces hard questions: will counting caste expose inequality—or entrench it under ...

Veteran Bollywood actor Dharmendra converted to Islam and married for the second time. Although he was born into a Hindu ...

Like many recent arrivals to California, Prem Pariyar searched for work and a home within communities of fellow immigrants. So when coworkers at a South Asian restaurant in Davis refused to room with ...

Every few years, incidents remind us that caste persists in different avatars. Our Constitution guarantees equality, yet ...

Join us for this special Sussex Development Lecture in which Dr Suraj Milind Yengde will talk about this book Caste: A Global ...

Anand Teltumbde talks about his recent writing, ideas of the caste census, recollections of time in prison and life ...

If one looks at the ticket distribution by various political parties in the fray, it would not be an anomaly to understand ...