And watch out for the amendment to bring caste within the scope of equality legislation.
Mayawati, a schoolteacher turned politician, is India's best-known leader of Dalit, or low-caste, groups.
That's why the government was planning to tackle caste prejudice through an education programme instead.
He studied pharmacy because there were no other openings for his caste in the medical school.
Viewed from Delhi, India's capital, caste-based parties like the BSP are more or less deplorable.
Caste politicians are not alone in arguing that this makes a nonsense of the system.
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These are the Dhobis, a Hindu caste, born into the job of doing laundry.
The poverty, inequality and ethnic and caste discrimination that fuelled the Maoist rebellion persist.
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But many Indians fear this would mean fewer places for upper caste students, and lower standards.
The festival is organized by villagers, and each caste and occupational group has a distinct role.
Our tax laws essentially create a caste system, with barriers between income class levels.
Beneath the changes and the politicking, caste still has a firm hold on politics.
He has sought to stand above caste politics and focus on wider development goals.
Seemingly trivial, such trends in fact describe a rapid weakening of caste identity, says Mr Prasad.
There is plenty of rote learning, discrimination against low-caste children, grade inflation and sometimes flogging.
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While common to the caste-like system of Persia, prostration was something the freedom-loving Greeks scorned.
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The direct descendants of his Malva-caste soldiers are also developing a reputation for organisational excellence.
Often "honour" crimes are endorsed, or even encouraged, by village-based caste councils or panchayats.
The idea is to crush Mr Yadav between two jaws of the caste vice.
But their strategy depends as much on caste calculus as on his poor record in government.
He created the cash economy-a cornerstone of capitalism-with a brilliant insight: Money is the enemy of caste and stagnation.
That poverty, entrenched in a vicious caste system, is the tinder lit by the Maoists.
The troublemakers who use religion or caste to bring the state to its knees must be rejoicing.
Police in many of the cases deny that there was differential treatment based on caste or class.
Often the farmer is from a higher caste (Brahmin), the laborers from a landless lower caste (Dalit).
The distance was at least 64 feet from the priestly Brahmin caste and 30 feet from artisans.
They are also more aware of their rights, and therefore less susceptible to exploitation by upper-caste Hindus.
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By contrast, his friend hailed from a Kurmi agrarian caste that is lower on the Hindu hierarchy.
It faced a thousand clashes based on religion, caste and region, yet it stayed intact and democratic.
Blocks of voters are often defined by caste or religion, so politicians find rows like these useful.
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