Caste — one of the oldest systems of exclusion in the world — is thriving. Despite the ban on Untouchability 70 years ago, caste impacts 1.9 billion people in the world. Every 15 minutes, a crime is ...

many people rejected the idea that Buddhism endorses the concept of rebirth. Scholars argued that rebirth was a Brahminical concept, intended to justify the caste system, as it was claimed that ...

Dalit – Member of what was traditionally considered to be the lowest caste in the Indian caste system. Previously ... (Jainism); teachings of Buddha (Buddhism). Digambara– A sect belonging ...