The Indian government has long insisted that the social hierarchy has no place in the country, which banned caste ...

India’s caste system has roots in Hindu scriptures, and historically sorted the population into a hierarchy that defined people’s occupations, where they can live and who they can marry based ...

(CNN) — For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still ... The Indian government has long insisted that the social hierarchy has no place in the world’s most ...

(CNN) — For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling.

It’s easy to think of the Varna system as something rigid, something that divides us into neat categories based on our birth.