In addition, caste has allowed countless groups that have migrated into India to find a place and to play an important role. The caste system, as it actually works in India is called jati. The term ...

Scholars of caste—India’s longstanding, religiously-based system of social hierarchy—will gather at Brandeis to open the third annual conference on social exclusion in South Asia on Friday, April 28.

4 The sexual slavery of ... and where applicable, caste-related practices of untouchability, bonded labor, manual scavenging, and the devadasi system. Concerned governments should also extend ...