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 ...

The caste system is a Hindu class system in which occupations and classes are determined by birth. In India, where Hinduism is the majority, there is 'caste discrimination' which is discrimination ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A census official collects information from a household in Bonda, on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, during the 2011 national ...

The Hyderabad scholar Rohith Vemula’s suicide, allegedly brought about because of caste persecution, has once again raised the question as to whether our caste system is based on racism.If indeed ...

(CNN) — 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. CNN — (CNN) — ...

After reading the Supreme Court decision in Chintada Anand v. State of AP, I am impelled to doff my hat to the invisible ...

An Indian court has denied Christians of Dalit origin legal protections meant for lower caste people, saying a person who converted to Christianity cannot claim to be a member of a lower caste group.

America's tech giants are taking a modern-day crash course in India's ancient caste system, with Apple emerging as an early leader in policies to rid Silicon Valley of a rigid hierarchy that's ...