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 ...

Supreme Court rules only Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists can claim Scheduled Caste status, barring others from reserved benefits ...

The bench headed by Justice PK Mishra cited the Constitution (Scheduled Caste) Order, 1950, which mandates that “no person ...

Why do people defend social systems that oppress them? Why do the marginalized sometimes work to uphold structures and arrangements that limit their potential? These questions are not just ...

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 Supreme Court has ruled that Scheduled Caste status is reserved for Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists only. Upholding an AP High Court decision, it held that a person who converts to Christianity loses ...

The Katrina disaster has peeled back the veil from many of America’s shames and weaknesses. One of them is the press’s caste system. Last week’s Press Clips touched on this briefly, pointing out that ...

The verdict came in a case involving a man who had converted to Christianity and was working as a pastor, but had filed a ...