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 ...

Mudiraj in BCs and Madiga in SCs represent some of the largest sub-castes in the state, yet they struggle to receive benefits ...

More than 240 million people in South Asia live a precarious existence, shunned by much of society because of their ranks as untouchables or Dalits at the bottom of a rigid caste system.

The caste system, a millennia-old social hierarchy ... disparities remain. For example, the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) for SC students at the primary level was 113.1%, while that for ST students ...

Northwestern’s Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities hosted a conversation about civil rights solidarity between race and ...