Explore the origins of the caste system, rooted in political and economic factors rather than purity, pollution, or race.

The debate over how, or even whether, to fight discrimination based on caste — an ancient social ranking system associated with the Hindu religion — is heating up in California. As Governor Newsom is ...

Can someone please explain to me the Hindi Caste system? Is it really perpetuated by that otherwise beautiful religion? In my quest for knowledge that I will probably never use I have purchased some ...

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 Conversation) — Several US universities now recognize caste as part of nondiscrimination policies. Two scholars of South Asian studies explain how caste-based violence isn’t limited to Hinduism, ...

THE purpose of this article is to demonstrate that a caste system already exists in North America, and to consider the possibility that the system may, in the future, be extended and organized. Caste ...

OAK FOREST, ILL. — A blaze that killed a couple and their 3-year-old son in their suburban Chicago apartment may have had its point of origin on the other side of the world, in India's ancient Hindu ...

Madras High Court stays order on caste-based societies, limiting the stay to the South Indian Senguntha Mahajana Sangam's ...

Oct 8 (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom's veto of a bill, opens new tab that would have banned caste discrimination was seen as "heartbreaking" by the legislation's advocates while being ...

(RNS) — Hindu organizations need to cease the knee-jerk response of branding public discussions of caste as Hinduphobic and acknowledge the inhumanity, injustice and oppression of the system. (RNS) — ...

OAK FOREST, Ill. - A blaze that killed a couple and their 3-year-old son in their suburban Chicago apartment may have had its point of origin on the other side of the world, in India's ancient Hindu ...

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