caste

The students' protest has resonated with a large section of middle-class India, cutting across identities of religion, caste or sectors, with people voicing anger about the lack of educational opportunities and jobs in India.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

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

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

Several state governments seek to raise caste quotas even higher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

I had no choice, since she and Ruth May and I were thrown together by caste, set apart from Leah the Huntress.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Over the years, quotas have grown to encompass many other groups, including politically powerful landowning castes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

The bench includes Justice BV Nagarathna, the lone female judge in the top court who is due to become India's chief justice next year, and judges drawn from different faiths, castes and regions.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026

For Mr Teltumbde, castes are "too pernicious to be managed for any progressive purpose".

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025

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

It used to be said by Goethe that there were twenty-seven different social castes in Germany, and that none of them would speak to the caste below.

From Leaves in the Wind by A. G. (Alfred George) Gardiner