(CNN) — 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 ...

Scheduled Castes now form 19.65 per cent of Bihar’s population, up from 16 per cent in 2011, while Scheduled Tribes stand at ...

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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.

India. From heart-wrenching romances to courtroom dramas, these stories reveal how caste still shapes lives and society.

I met Minal at a retreat center in rural England in March 2023, and we became fast friends. We were there to attend a Buddhist course, with six other women from different parts of the world. Over the ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world’s most populous country. Information ...

From assaults in rural areas for defying caste norms to urban discrimination in housing and employment, caste continues to ...

The devotees rushed to collect soil from the ground the man had just walked on, thousands thronging to the front of a venue densely crammed with a quarter of a million people, under stifling heat. But ...

India is OpenAI’s second-largest market, but ChatGPT and Sora reproduce caste stereotypes that harm millions of people.

It could also be consequential for India’s economic development. The country’s ambition of becoming a rich country depends on ...