Today, many non-Hindus in India, including Muslims, Christians, Jains and Buddhists, also identify with certain castes. There are several main castes, and thousands of sub-castes – from the ...

The count is likely lead to demands to raise the country's quotas that reserve government jobs, college admissions and elected offices for some categories of castes, especially for a swathe of ...

Scientists Find Link Between Indian Caste Rank And Genetic Similarity To Europeans Date: May 15, 2001 Source: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Summary: In India, members of higher ranking castes are ...

Mirroring India’s caste system of social hierarchy, the most privileged castes dominated white-collar professions, including roles in science and technology. After many years, the Indian ...

CM Mayawati has requested PM Manmohan Singh to include Lonia, Nonia and Lonia-Chauhan castes living in UP in the Scheduled Caste (SC) category. LUCKNOW: CM Mayawati has requested PM Manmohan Singh ...

You are meant for this. You are not meant to get any significant education, because that is a preserve of the upper castes. You can’t marry a girl you like because caste has defined lanes on the ...

Mumbai: The National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) has cleared the inclusion of 19 castes and sub-castes from Maharashtra in the central list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The move is ...

The Hindus and Muslims have different castes and communities with diversified traditions of their own. In 1901, when the first census was conducted in the erstwhile Rajaputana by the British ...

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court directed the state government to treat the sub-castes Ausula, Kammari, Kanchari, Vadrangi and Silpis as being Vishwa Brahmins/Vishwa Karma, while recording data ...