Discrimination against individuals based on caste would seem to be a relic of the past. Even in India, where the caste system was most rigid, the practice has been officially banned since 1950.

Dallas Stribley / Getty Images A caste system segregates people into fixed social groups based on discriminatory notions of purity and contamination. People are placed into fixed social groups in ...

The entry of Dalits to a Shiva temple in the face of opposition by upper castes in West Bengal has, as expected, generated curiosity about the role of caste in the state’s society and politics. A ...

Caste was the reality in the past and, in many places, continues to be so. But the process of modernisation is geared to pull down such divisions. DNA Web Team Updated : Nov 19, 2013, 11:17 PM IST By ...

Another Bill, which is meant to clear sub-caste reservation for BCs, is also tabled in the House. This comes months after the state government’s caste survey found that the BCs — including Muslim ...

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The government of India has provided an opportunity for all the citizens to link their Aadhaar card with their caste certificates. The main idea behind linking aadhaar with the caste certificate ...

Of the rest, Vijay Kumar Mandal is from the extremely backward class (EBC) community, Raj Kumar Singh is a Rajput and Jibesh Kumar is a Bhumihar, both upper caste communities. “Since political ...

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These seven names are a careful balance of caste in a state where it matters the most electorally. Krishan Kumar Mantoo is a Kurmi—a caste over which chief minister Nitish Kumar is believed to have a ...