Caste hatred in India - what it looks like The Indian Dalit ... the supposed origin of caste in the Rig Veda (most ancient religious text) was most likely added retroactively, after it was ...

Travelers to India have commented on caste for more than two thousand years. In Indian society the group comes first, unlike our own society that gives so much importance to the individual personality ...

While reliant on ancient notions of ritual purity ... was potentially exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. In rural India, ...

"This highlights that the ancient admixture events are related to the spread of languages and the history of the traditional ...

Sivagiri Mutt head Swami Satchidananda said on Friday that his studies have found no link between Sanatana Dharma and the Chaturvarnya caste system. His statement comes amidst a raging debate in the ...

The practices of wearing vermillion on her forehead, a ‘mangalsutra’ (auspicious thread worn by married women in their ...

In Sanskrit, the main language used by scholars in ancient India and sometimes ... She writes that caste is an accursed state in India, especially for Dalits: "Your life is your caste, your ...

Caste – Hereditary class divisions in Hindu ... Mahabharata – With the Ramayana, one of the two great Sanskrit epics of ancient India. Maya – a Hindu concept meaning the reality that is ...

whose work examines the caste system and the oppression of marginalised groups in India. One poem by Appachan, about the darkly plumed pariah kite, inspires the title of Mani's first solo show in ...