Racism, both past and present, remains at the forefront of the American national conversation. Now, a new book by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines how hierarchy and class are substantially ...

In India, members of higher ranking castes are genetically more similar to Europeans, while lower castes are more similar to Asians, according to a study published in this month’s issue of Genome ...

When someone asks me to describe myself, I usually respond with a string of adjectives, including but not limited to “whimsical,” “bed-headed,” and “enthusiastic.” I never mention my class rank. But ...

“Society builds a trapdoor of self-reference that, without any effort on the part of people in the dominant caste, unwittingly forces on them a narcissistic isolation from those assigned to lower ...

Some Think the Topic is Taboo-Let’s Talk at Together RIT What does caste, rank and socioeconomic diversity mean? We may not fully realize the impact it has in our day-to-day interactions with our ...

OAKLAND, Calif, Aug 15 (Reuters) - America's tech giants are taking a modern-day crash course in India's ancient caste system, with Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab emerging as an early leader in ...

An Indian army soldier makes a scout as smokes rises from grains that was set on fire by a mob in the ethnic violence hit area of Senapati district in India's Manipur state on May 8, 2023.(AFP) The ...

In a step towards making the institute more inclusive in the wake of a first-year student, Darshan Solanki, died by suicide on campus, IIT-Bombay has asked its students to refrain from asking each ...

More than 240 million people in South Asia live a precarious existence, shunned by much of society because of their ranks as untouchables or Dalits at the bottom of a rigid caste system. Dalits are ...

State BJP chief Pankaj Chaudhary’s stern message is being seen in the light of the party’s long-standing effort in UP to ...