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 ...

“An oppressed-caste girl in the 11th grade was told by her classmate that if she were a prostitute, she would not even get a penny because she had dark skin,” he said, outlining one such incident.

Seattle Coun. Kshama Sawant proposed the ban of caste-based discrimination after she was shocked to see the extent the system existed in the U.S. (John Froschauer/AP Photo) ...

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has awarded more than $9,000 to a man who was the victim of caste-based discrimination. In a decision issued March 15, tribunal adjudicator Sonya Pighin found that ...

The caste system is a ‘unifying factor’ of Indian society, which the Mughals couldn’t understand and the British saw as a roadblock to their invasion of the country, the latest issue of the ...

India's caste system is 3,000 years old and continues to determine the opportunities that most of the country's 1.4 billion people have, from work to marriage.