Now we have a neo-varna system: General Category (GC), Other Backward Communities (OBC), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled ...

Fact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug Reviewed by Andy Smith The Caste System: An Overview Discrimination against individuals based on caste would seem to be a relic of the past. Even in India, where the ...

Caste Consciousness: The census heightened awareness of caste distinctions, fostering competition and conflict between groups ...

This is an appeal to the subscribers, contributors, advertisers and well-wishers of Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), published by Sameeksha Trust, a public charitable trust registered with the ...

Caste discrimination in India affects the largest ... Indian society was originally divided by categories of work or varna. This system developed into more complicated divisions of society ...

This issue of caste hierarchy has been highlighted in recent ... Thus, Punjab’s chatur-varna system evolved quite differently from other parts of India. Brahmins played a minimal role.