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Thanks to the New York Times mini crossword puzzle Tuesday, lots of people in Massachusetts were googling "Boston Brahmin ...
Maratha dominions and other Indian states had developed fairly detailed caste enumerations, used to regulate hierarchies and ...
The Hindu American Foundation ... found that Equality Labs’ anti-caste materials heightened perceptions of bias, fostered dehumanizing rhetoric against Brahmins, and fueled distrust.
The Indian government has long insisted that the social hierarchy has no place in the country, which banned caste ...
The number of citizens indicating they have transcended community identities, such as those committed to egalitarian ideals ...
Dalit women are among the most oppressed groups in the world and are often victims of sexual violence or even murder. Dalit ...
he was an upholder of traditional Hindu patriarchy and Brahmin-dominated caste society. Despite his caste-consciousness and critical depiction of the social prejudices of colonial Bengal ...
Anuradha Tiwari(@talk2anuradha (X)) The irony of Anuradha flexing her caste identity ... "But when Brahmins decide to take a stand for themselves, suddenly, Hindu unity is in danger." ...
The Seattle City Council member, raised in an upper-caste Hindu Brahmin household in India, was 6 when she asked her grandfather why he used that derogatory word when he knew the girl’s name.
India’s last comprehensive caste census was conducted in 1931 during the British Raj. According to estimates, no more than 5 per cent of the Indian population belongs to the Brahmin caste.
Author Chetan Bhagat yesterday waded into the controversy sparked by a Bengaluru entrepreneur’s tweet on “Brahmin genes.” Bhagat said the caste issue is breaking up the consolidated Hindu ...