The Indian caste system dictates the course of an individual's life — their profession, social circle, and sense of self. It ...

Lawyers, journalists and other members of the country’s educated class say their jobs entitle them to special treatment on ...

These drew on ancient Hindu social stratifications ... find themselves at the bottom of its hierarchy. Within the Indian caste system, occupations were historically inherited.

As Jesus Christ bleeds in the persecuted, the Indian Church faces a reckoning. Ecumenism cannot remain a polite dialogue ...

There were some less-than-stellar aspects, like caste-based exclusions that ... This was the foundation of ancient India’s education system—a model so profound and forward-thinking that ...

Dalit – Member of what was traditionally considered to be the lowest caste in the Indian caste system. Previously referred ... one of the two great Sanskrit epics of ancient India.

Migrants gradually made their way down India's coast over a few thousand ... distinctive in appearance and outside the Hindu caste system. Many retain their own languages, which are distinct ...

On February 4, the Telangana government announced the criteria for sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SCs) in the state, as recommended by a one-membe ...