By Sarit Kumar Rout C Also Read Education Diplomacy 3 minutes ago Stories that make us hopeful, less stressed 24 hours ago ...

The California State University system last week updated its nondiscrimination policy to include caste, making it the first university system in the country to enact such a policy, the Los Angeles ...

California lawmakers on Tuesday voted to outlaw discrimination based on caste, adding protections for people of South Asian descent who say they have been left out of traditional American safeguards ...

The California University System — the largest four-year public university in the nation — will add to its school policy a ban on discrimination based on someone’s caste. The move provides more ...

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 outlaw ...

Despite their sizable population and history of political assertion, Dalits remain fragmented by sub-caste divisions and ...

India. From heart-wrenching romances to courtroom dramas, these stories reveal how caste still shapes lives and society.

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 ...

It is an intergenerational system based on birth into a caste group. Caste identities stay even generations after someone converts out of Hinduism and into any of these faiths. Among South Asian ...

A bill aiming to protect caste has unanimously passed the California Senate Judiciary Committee, bringing the state one step closer to being the first to ban caste-based discrimination. Over a hundred ...