Caste in South Asia. While the caste system originated in Hindu scriptures, it crystallized during British colonial rule and has stratified society in every South Asian religious community. In ...

She felt left out when her friends played “Jat pride” music and when a friend’s mother used her caste identity as a slur. “I felt this deep sadness of not being accepted by my own ...

The Congress leader said the survey was not conducted in a closed room by the bureaucracy, but it was shaped by Dalits, ...

The persistence of discrimination is not limited to Hindus. An estimated 65% of India’s 20m Catholics are former Dalits whose forebears converted in part to escape caste oppression.

You cannot escape caste in India, by getting better jobs, by rejecting your surname or by enforcing policy decisions. The Indian word for caste is jaat and it is popularly defined as ‘that which ...

As a community, Jats in neighbouring states of Punjab remain on their own and only caste identity works for them. When Jats versus others polarisation took place in Haryana, caste was the only ...

Sharing an anecdote with the audience, Gadkari said, “I told 50,000 people, ‘Jo karega jaat ki baat, uske kass ke maarunga laat,'” expressing his strong opposition to caste-based discussions.

Caste it out: Supreme Court rules that candidates can’t use jaat, religion or community to woo voters January 24, 2017, 1:33 PM IST Jug Suraiya in Juggle-Bandhi , Edit Page , Humour , ...

Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Wednesday urged the people of Bihar to give up supporting political parties in the name of 'jaat' (caste) and 'bhaat' (free ration), blaming the voting behaviour ...