Now we have a neo-varna system: General Category (GC), Other Backward Communities (OBC), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled ...

The release of Phule, a film portraying the revolutionary lives of Jyotirao and Savitribai Phule — 19th century reformers who ...

This issue of caste hierarchy has been highlighted in recent ... Thus, Punjab’s chatur-varna system evolved quite differently from other parts of India. Brahmins played a minimal role.

Caste Consciousness: The census heightened awareness of caste distinctions, fostering competition and conflict between groups vying for higher status or colonial favor. This contributed to the ...

Caste discrimination in India affects the largest ... Indian society was originally divided by categories of work or varna. This system developed into more complicated divisions of society ...