In a post on X, IIT Madras alumnus Ramesh Srivats described how student hierarchies in the 1980s shifted from entrance rank to branch, GPA and career plans. The recollection has entered the broader ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A census official collects information from a household in Bonda, on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, during the 2011 national ...

The notion that the British introduced India's rigid caste system is false. Eighteenth-century Indian rulers, Brahmins, and merchants actively enforced a deeply entrenched system of caste and ...

The period of Islamic dominance in India from 1300 to 1600 AD marked a significant shift in caste dynamics. In response, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Members of the audience listen to a speaker at a rally organized by National Conference of Dalit Organisations in New Delhi ...

If we stand next to one another, Thenmozhi Soundararajan and I look alike. We both have Indian immigrant roots and are the products of marriages between Hindu fathers and Christian mothers. We share ...

A report today says that Apple is ahead of most large companies in tackling a form of discrimination which originates in India but has affected employee recruitment in Silicon Valley: the caste system ...

FILE - Members of the audience listen to a speaker at a rally organized by National Conference of Dalit Organisations in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2005. Dalits, who belong to the lowest of ...

(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 ...

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