The Indian caste system dictates the course of an individual's life — their profession, social circle, and sense of self. It ...

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.

Lawyers, journalists and other members of the country’s educated class say their jobs entitle them to special treatment on ...

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.

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 ...