CHICAGO — A caste is a ranking, an order, a top to bottom accounting. The concept of caste — not unlike class, though different in important ways — is thousands of years old, its roots can be ...

Here are some of André Béteille’s most important works, which continue to shape sociological thinking in India and beyond: ...

What is caste and caste discrimination? “Caste” or a “caste system” is a social hierarchy passed down through families and can dictate an individual’s permissible professions as well as aspects of ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This image is from the official trailer for “Origin” distributed by Neon. In a montage of the ...

The BAFTA-nominated film “The White Tiger” tells the story of Balram, a poor but shrewd young driver in India battling against the country’s caste system. It’s based on the 2008 Booker Prize-winning ...

Since Bill Clinton, Democratic identity politics has challenged racial and gender caste power while focusing far less on class power. Harris needs to recapture the spirit of the New Deal, when ...

January is the month Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born, another leader Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated and is marked by the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. February is Black History Month ...

Shahid Amin, Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura 1922–1992, New Delhi, 1995. 2. C.J. Baker and D.A. Washbrook, South India: Political Institutions and Political ...

Caste, and not class, will be taken into consideration during the exhaustive count of the population of the country that will be held in 2026-2027, sources said on Thursday. Each person will have to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images Trump’s deep state includes the ...