Los Angeles-based actor Kapil Talwalkar is making his TheatreWorks debut. A native of Cupertino, Talwalkar recalls one of the ...

Recently, some Indian social media users claimed that they had made a "discovery" that China, like India, supposedly has "a caste system." They shared memes about ancient China's "four occupations" ...

What you need to know about the Karl Marx theory Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading ...

What makes caste something qualitatively different – different from all other stratification systems that necessarily existed in all ancient societies but in course of times disappeared – what makes ...

Tamil Nadu has generally been showcased as an egalitarian State that has been able to transcend the barrier of caste, thanks to the Dravidian movement. But, when it comes to elections, the factor of ...

A study of genetic populations in India suggests the Indian caste system, a traditional method of social organization into a hierarchy of hereditary groups, has been prevalent in the South Asian ...

The caste system on this land was abolished over 130 years ago during the Gabo Reform. Yet in the 21st century, ‘class’ has resurfaced. A hierarchical society emerges, with a king at the top, followed ...

The recent judgment in Chinthada Anand v. State of Andhra Pradesh (March 24, 2026), meticulously follows the letter of the law. The court has ruled that only Dalit Hindus, Sikhs and Buddhists will be ...

During my Valentine getaway with my husband, we visited the ancestral home of Jose Rizal in Calamba, Laguna. I found myself staring at the Social Hierarchy shaped like a pyramid. During the time of ...

The storm over the UGC Regulations was not a debate about equity in higher education. It was a political farce with real-life consequences. From start to finish, every scene in this drama reeked of ...