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But the caste system is very deeply rooted, said Gidion Mbilijora, who was the "bupati" or head of the East Sumba district for 13 years, and who owns two atas himself.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Between 1918 and his assassination in 1948, Gandhi fasted repeatedly - against religious violence, caste discrimination and political discord - turning the empty plate into one of the defining symbols of India's freedom struggle.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

At independence, India adopted a modest 12.5% quota for the “scheduled castes,” or Dalits, widely acknowledged as the most-disadvantaged victims of caste discrimination.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

India also has a large number of “tribals,” who are outside the caste system but part of the quota system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Being Tina's first boyfriend kept Park out of the lowest neighborhood caste.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

By some estimates, the vast majority of India’s 1.5 billion people are divided into more than 3,000 castes and 25,000 subcastes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Sociologist Satish Deshpande and economist Mary E John call the decision not to count castes "one of independent India's biggest mistakes".

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025

Each year, nearly a thousand theyyam performances take place in family estates and temples across Kerala, traditionally performed by men from marginalised castes and tribal communities.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024

Most ants have two morphologically differentiated adult castes -- queens and workers -- each irreversibly specialized for either reproduction or nonreproductive altruism such as foraging, defense and care of maternal brood.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2024

However, Parsee women are not secluded, nor are the women of the quite low Indian castes.

From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers