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.

Explore how caste influences Indian politics, from historical shifts to emerging leaders and the growing role of marginalized ...

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 versions of caste that come from the Hindu Scriptures, said Viswanathan, can’t be explained in a single diagram ... as India’s affirmative action effort known as the reservation system.

In a small, crowded tenement in the slums of India's Pune city ... it was crucial for those enjoying advantages of the caste ...