While reading “Hierarchy and Differences” [Dipankar Gupta 1989: 1-21], the question that readily came to my mind is: how much there are differences (differentiated on the basis of nature and form) ...

A new report indicates that North Korea is separated into five social castes. Above, dictator Kim Jong Un at a meeting. Reuters North Korea's social classes are divided into five levels that range ...

India's caste system is among the world's oldest forms of surviving social stratification. The BBC explains its complexities. The system which divides Hindus into rigid hierarchical groups based on ...

With Kamala Harris’ rise as the Democrat contender for the White House, the oldest and largest democracies of the world are now engaging in discussions of similar paradigms, with the issues of race ...

The president of Brandeis University announced Tuesday that the university will now include caste in its anti-discrimination policy. The policy change makes Brandeis the first American university to ...