Throughout human history, three caste systems have stood out. The tragically accelerated, chilling, and officially vanquished ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday has passed, and we are heading into Black History Month, making this a good moment to ...

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 ...

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.