I studied at IIT Madras in the '80s, and believe me, fully caste-conscious place. But your caste changed every year, says ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Members of the audience listen to a speaker at a rally organized by National Conference of Dalit Organisations in New Delhi ...

The Hindu caste system is a system of social organization that assigns people social functions in society based on birth, not characteristics specific to their own identities. The caste system is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A census official collects information from a household in Bonda, on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, during the 2011 national ...

In a post on X, IIT Madras alumnus Ramesh Srivats described how student hierarchies in the 1980s shifted from entrance rank to branch, GPA and career plans. The recollection has entered the broader ...

Many Americans would be appalled to think that anything like caste could exist in a country allegedly founded on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. After all, India’s atrocious caste system ...

Three-quarters of the way into Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson describes the humiliation suffered by Black passengers on a steamship in the American South before the Civil War.

Having worked in or around corporate America for more than 25 years, I can’t help but ask if there’s a tacit corporate “caste system” of sorts. Many professionals have experienced dysfunctional ...

CHENNAI, India — Chezi K. Ganesan looks every inch the high-tech entrepreneur, dressed in the Silicon Valley uniform of denim shirt and khaki trousers, slick smartphone close at hand. He splits his ...

FILE - Members of the audience listen to a speaker at a rally organized by National Conference of Dalit Organisations in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2005. Dalits, who belong to the lowest of ...