Caste System Discrimination: Meaning and Its Consequences
Discrimination based on birth was outlawed in India in 1950 but the legacy of the caste system continues to be felt around ...
How education, in and of itself, will not level the playing field
Young Lives study in India tracks educational transitions, revealing disparities in higher education access based on caste, ...
44 years on, 3 men convicted in one of India’s worst caste-based killings
Nearly 44 years after 24 Dalits were brutally killed in a targeted massacre in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, three men have been convicted for their role in the attack. At such a ...
Investopedia21d
Caste System: Meaning, Impact, and Contemporary Perspectives
Caste became a method for distinguishing social strata and establishing legitimacy with the splintering of the Mughals, the series of Islamic rulers in India. This was amplified later during the ...
Christian Science Monitor23d
India’s census delay brings new life to an old debate: Is it moral to count caste?
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...
Opinion
Time to look at allegations of caste bias within church
A question that had vexed Roberto de Nobili, a 17th-century Italian missionary in southern India, has recently come up before the Supreme Court. A group of Dali ...