The caste system, as it actually works in India is called jati. The term jati appears in almost all Indian languages and is related to the idea of lineage or kinship group. There are perhaps more than ...

W e cannot talk about Hinduism without caste. When we say caste, we are using a European word. The local words are jati and varna. Jati refers to a community, and varna refers to a classification ...

As a term, caste acquired significance under the colonial rule. The original idea was jati which connotes a larger meaning of nation and a specific community in the narrower sense. The term jati has ...

Later, in the Yajurveda, we are told that Vaishyas are born of the Rigveda, Kshatriyas from the Yajurveda, and Brahmins from the Samaveda. We cannot talk about Hinduism without caste. When we say ...