(The Conversation) — Several US universities now recognize caste as part of nondiscrimination policies. Two scholars of South Asian studies explain how caste-based violence isn’t limited to Hinduism, ...

(RNS) — An ongoing fight in the California Legislature and the courts focuses not on caste discrimination itself but whether efforts to end it only make it worse. (RNS) — The first-ever Caste Con, an ...

Two Hindu professors are suing the head of their university system to oppose the addition of caste to an anti-discrimination policy amid a broader battle over whether colleges should explicitly call ...

Some of the new questions added to the 2027 questionnaire, as reviewed by The Hindu, seek information on COVID-19 vaccination ...

The Supreme Court has dismissed a review petition against its ruling on caste status after conversion. The order keeps in force the immediate loss of Scheduled Caste benefits for converts outside ...

General elections for India’s lower house of parliament began on April 11 and will last through May 19, with all ballots counted on May 23. This is the world’s largest democratic exercise. I had the ...

Seattle City Council outlawed caste-based discrimination this week, a centuries-old form of social stratification with roots in South Asia, following years of activist organizing and similar bans at ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Saturday intended to outlaw discrimination on the basis of ancestry by adding “caste” to the list of protected categories under California’s civil rights ...

Congress accuses PM Modi of sabotaging the caste census, claiming he reversed his stance on the issue multiple times.

Karnataka High Court emphasizes the severe impact of caste abuses by politicians, affirming accountability in public spaces.

Software engineers and stone masons might not have much in common professionally, but both kinds of workers can face discrimination, if they're members of the Dalit caste in Hindu society — whether in ...

The California State University system, America's largest public higher education system, recently added caste, a birth-based social hierarchy system, to its anti-discrimination policy, allowing ...