(RNS) — It was a beautiful sunny afternoon on a verdant Ivy League campus when the “C” word was thrown at me, casually, over greasy takeout noodles. “You are a Hindoo!!! What is your caste?” asked my ...

Explore the origins of the caste system, rooted in political and economic factors rather than purity, pollution, or race.

The debate over whether caste should be included in the decennial census 2011, which has actually begun, has provoked the government to constitute a Group of Ministers (GoM), the magical invention of ...