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  1. What is India's caste system? - BBC News

    Jun 19, 2019 · The caste system divides Hindus into four main categories - Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas and the Shudras. Many believe that the groups originated from Brahma, the Hindu God of …

  2. Viewpoint: How the British reshaped India's caste system - BBC

    Jun 19, 2019 · First, the caste system is a four-fold categorical hierarchy of the Hindu religion - with Brahmins (priests/teachers) on top, followed, in order, by Kshatriyas (rulers/warriors), Vaishyas …

  3. BBC - Religions - Hinduism: Hindu concepts

    This article explains the Hindu concepts of Atman, Dharma, Varna, Karma, Samsara, Purushartha, Moksha, Brahman, Bhagavan and Ishvara.

  4. Why are UK Hindus against a caste law? - BBC News

    Jan 18, 2017 · Some British Asians say they still experience discrimination due to their caste. So, why are virtually all Hindu bodies in the UK opposed to this being made illegal?

  5. Caste census: Clamour to count India social groups grows - BBC

    Aug 23, 2021 · Hinduism's deeply hierarchical and oppressive caste system, which dates back some 2,000 years, puts Brahmins or priests at the top, and Dalits (formerly untouchables) and Adivasis …

  6. In pictures: The many lives of India's Dalits - BBC

    Dec 20, 2023 · India's 200 million Dalits find themselves among the nation's most marginalised citizens, condemned to the lowest echelons of society by a rigid caste hierarchy.

  7. Tout savoir sur les castes et leur fonctionnement en Inde

    Aug 17, 2018 · Pendant des siècles, la caste a dicté presque tous les aspects de la vie religieuse et sociale hindoue, et chaque groupe a une place spécifique dans cette hiérarchie complexe.

  8. BBC Audio | The Food Chain | India's caste system and food

    In this programme Devina Gupta explores the foods of the Dalit community, historically considered at the very bottom of the caste system.

  9. BBC - Religions - Hinduism: At a Glance

    Scholars sometimes draw attention to the caste system as a defining feature, but many Hindus view such practices as merely a social phenomenon or an aberration of their original teachings.

  10. Why the West is reckoning with caste bias now - BBC

    Apr 28, 2022 · Dalit activists say that for decades, discrimination practised by upper-caste Indians - especially in universities and technology firms - didn't get attention.