The roots of the term ‘pariah’ lie in the name of a caste group called ‘Pariayar’, which originated in Tamil Nadu. In the West, however, the term took on a political meaning of its own in the European ...

In Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines the laws and practices that created a bipolar caste system in the U.S. — and how the Nazis borrowed from it.

Much like racism in the US, the Indian caste system is deeply rooted and systemic in nature, persisting through cultural notions and institutions even after legal discrimination was abolished.

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated. A move to ...

You'd think most bands, attention-starved as they are, would jump at the chance to get interviewed by the local paper. But when just such an offer is put to Pariah Caste guitarist Chuck Coffey ...

→ India’s caste system remains entrenched, 75 years after independence; From the September 11th 2021 edition. Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents.

Running deeper than race: America’s caste system. July 31, 2020. Residents of a Delhi slum fill buckets with water to clean mud from their huts after a monsoon rainfall in July.

A caste system often uses discriminatory notions of purity and contamination. It continues to have an impact on contemporary society in many areas of the world.

While the caste system originally was for Hindus, nearly all Indians today identify with a caste, regardless of their religion. The survey finds that three-in-ten Indians (30%) identify themselves as ...

Recent events are a reminder that the caste system still determines American life—but we can overcome it, writes Isabel Wilkerson. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV. Subscribe Subscribe.

The national picture is less bleak for the BJP, according to a post-election survey by Lokniti-CSDS, a pollster.The party won 53% of upper-caste votes, the same as in 2019. Among middle-to-lower ...