Caste, a word foreign in origin but deeply immersed in India's identity today, has travelled centuries and continents. From ...

Indian society's caste system, rooted in ancient texts and practices, has evolved from a rigid varna model to a modern ...

New Delhi: Varna is not birth-based and Shudra is not a derogatory term, according to a book authored by Swami Vigyananand, and launched by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat ...

Apart from this divide, there exists a Hindu varna system among the Ajlaf category ... When a few years ago, a Dalit became the Chief Justice of India, all newspapers projected him as the first ...

The varna idea is far more recent than jati ... These two simple rules created the vast number of castes across India over 2,000 years. While many trace this system to the Vedas, which are ...

Lumbini [Nepal], March 23 (ANI): A Mahavihar (monastery) building, which has been built with Indian assistance, was inaugurated in Nepal's Lalitpur on Friday amidst a grand ceremony. Indian ...

the RSS chief said social equality was a part of the Indian tradition, but it was forgotten and led to damaging consequences. Referring to the claim that the varna and caste system originally ...

s=20 "The Jestha Varna Mahavihar, which got damaged during the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, has now been reconstructed with the Government of India's Grant assistance at a tendered cost of NPR 13.78 cr.