Rioting and arson over demands for caste quotas has left 10 people dead in a north Indian state and seen thousands of troops deployed. Here are key questions about India’s caste system: – Who 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 ...

India today stands at a defining juncture—poised between a modern future and the pull of its deeply entrenched past. Among the most pressing symbols of this tension is the caste-based reservation ...

As India's agrarian caste system collapses, assertive subaltern identities are actively reshaping contemporary democratic ...

Shailaja Paik was born into India’s Dalit community — one of the millions who belong to historically marginalized and oppressed castes due to their professions. They’re so scorned that they were for ...

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 ...

The 2023 movie “Origin” is a biographical drama that focuses on writer Isabel Wilkerson as she sets out to research the book that would eventually become “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.” The ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

OAKLAND, Calif - America's tech giants are taking a modern-day crash course in India's ancient caste system, with Apple ...

This talk focuses on Prof. Paik’s second book The Vulgarity of Caste: Dalits, Sexuality, and Humanity in Modern India (Stanford 2022). The book offers the first social and intellectual history of the ...

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian government ...