How to use "caste" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "caste" in popular movie and book plots

At the village court, the village heads didn't accept the marriage because of the caste difference, Azhagarsamy forced Kasthuri's father to kill his daughter for the village honour. - Aatha Un Koyilile
Set in a village backdrop, the film follows the story of Ramu, a low-caste young boy, and Janaki, a daughter of a rich "upper caste landlord". - Janaki Ramudu (2016 film)
Starting in 1983 both leaders implicate themselves in gang warfare, which was fed by caste rivalry between Kamma and Kapu; while Rama Rao (played by unknown actor) was at the time the first Kamma Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. - Vangaveeti (film)
Chinnarasu and Kittu try to fight against the rampant caste discrimination meted out to them by the upper caste people, but are unable to do much about it as the police and courts are biased towards the upper castes. - Maaveeran Kittu
And they even contract caste barrier between David & Geetha which splits their marriage life. - Master Kapuram
An astrologer shares a prediction with his Maharaja (Kamal Mehra) that in 18 years his daughter will marry a lower caste man who will push him from the throne. - Faulad
He beat Ishwor saying that being a poor, uneducated, low caste person, how he dared to marry a highly educated, rich and high caste girl. - Manjari (film)
The film follows the story of Prashant Kale aka Parshya, a low-caste young boy, and Archana Patil aka Archi, a daughter of a rich "upper caste landlord". - Sairat
His younger brothers, called Apan Namboothiris, took their wives generally from Nair and other lower caste groups. - Ishti (upcoming film)
He is worried of his birth, his caste and his social status. - Karnabharam
Kasinatha Sastri (ANR) belongs to a high caste Brahmin family. - Kalaivaanan
When Chada comes to know about it he also reaches to Khalili's place and rescues the whole caste of Tere bin Ladin. - Tere Bin Laden: Dead or Alive
The novel stars Sali Thimma, a Dalit (untouchable), or someone who is outside of the Indian caste system and therefore has the lowest status. - Naked in Deccan
Sitadevi is the princess of Rachakonda estate, whereas Haribabu belongs to a lower caste and is the grandson of a local barber. - Kanche
Sylheti orphans Ayan Miah and his elder brother Kazi are constantly reminded by their mission teachers of their low caste background and how their aim in life should be to become 'respectable'. - Lascar (book)
Kaun Kitne Paani Mein is a story about two fictitious villages Upri which is made up of upper caste but extremely lazy and people lacking any productive skills and Bairi made up of lower caste people who have been involved in labor work and hence have gained a lot of skills. - Kaun Kitne Paani Mein
The old man recalling Marathi Saint poets’ struggle against caste inequalities is complemented by Julian singing of songs associated with the struggle against the racial discrimination in US. - Mukta (1994 film)
Back in Varanasi, Deepak tells her about his caste and the work he does of burning corpses. - Masaan
Despite the era's oppressive caste system and his commoner background, Heo Jun rises to the top of his field and becomes King Seonjo's royal physician. - Hur Jun, The Original Story
The epic brings out the caste divisions and the conflicts between Aryans and non-Aryans. - Behula (TV series)
The book takes place 300 years in the future in a country called Illéa (formerly the United States) that has a strict caste system. - The Elite (novel)
Gopichand convinces the priest that Chandidas should be punished and made to repent for associating with a lower caste woman. - Chandidas (film)
Meanwhile, the older people are busy in digging out orthodox caste matters, the youths are busy more in the celebration aspects and the government is busy in trying to score political issues. - Jeeya Jurir Xubax
A young boy from the lower caste resorts to petty thefts to make both ends meet after he lost his father at the early age. - Dusari Goshta
To get into the wedlock, Sumitra lies to her father that Sundaram belong to their own caste and fools everyone around her. - Krishna Nee Late Aagi Baaro
The era set in the novel is one of the dark period when certain caste people were not allowed in temples. - Agnaadi
Once fully developed it is revealed to be a new caste with superior intelligence and a well developed genetic memory derived from multiple species. - Swarm (novelette)
Viswam) is a respected panchayat headman, since his brother got married with another caste woman, he hates their family. - Chinna Pasanga Naanga
Gojen also fights against caste restrictions and child marriage. - Ajeyo
Gandhi and Lakshmi were determined to abolish the caste system in school. - Gandhi Pirantha Mann
Han Qing-jao's secret maid, Si Wang-mu, aids her in this task, her intelligence (partially) unfettered by the rigid caste system. - Gloriously Bright
Fandry is a story set in the background of caste discrimination depicting the love of a 13-year-old boy. - Fandry
Aditya (Master Karthik) is a city bred child of a doctor couple who had an inter caste marriage. - Thalaimuraigal
The description of the galactic civilization is one of a kind of caste system in which social roles are assumed based on one's level of IQ. - Supermind (novel)
This is an unusual portrait of colonial India, told in the voice of a young woman who breaks barriers of race and caste to remake her destiny. - The Sleeping Dictionary (novel)
The Brahmin Salomalo is jealous of the religious following and popularity of the shudra (a caste lower than the Brahmin) saint. - Sant Tukaram (film)
Sammadham and Ponni (Thara), a low caste girl, fall in love with each other. - Thulasi (film)
On a dystopian future Earth, an ongoing series of opinion polls set the boundaries of the caste system: the high scored High-Opps are rewarded with luxury and privilege, while the low-opped struggle for comfort and survival in the crowded Labor Pool. - High-Opp
Sivudu (Allari Naresh) belongs to lower caste and Katyayani (Sadha) is a chaste Brahmin. - Praanam
Seelawathie tells Pabawathie that there is a tradition in their caste that the wife shall not see the husband until she becomes pregnant. - Kusa Pabha
Shanthi (Roja) is a pocket-thief who accidentally comes across ArunArun and shanthi act as husband and wife to get a home for rent and also to impress the father of hari's lover, who supports inter caste marriageshanthi becomes pregnant by Arun and its revealed during the marriage of HariAfter many events he accepts Shanthi along with her sister's childer whom she foster cares. - Super Kudumbam
In a twist of fate, she falls in love with Sanju and gets approval for their inter caste marriage, from their parents in India. - Iddarammayilatho
There he meets Neeli (Tulasi) and Sanga (Rajendra Prasad) who are in deep love with each other but cannot marry due to caste problem. - Aranyakanda
This incident brings a change in the upper caste persons and thus integrating themselves with the Lower caste persons. - Gouravam (2013 film)
The plot addresses themes like Life of Anglo-Indians in Kerala, the alarming rise in Premarital Pregnancy and the taboo associated with Inter caste Love and Marriage, all of which were hot topics of discussion when the movie released in 1974. - Chattakkari (2012 film)
Lalita ben's daughter loves a guy; Lalitha is against this as he is of a different caste so Aniket and Tejal try to unite them. - Ek Doosre Se Karte Hain Pyaar Hum
Because of lower caste and poorness of her his whole family except his brother opposed him. - Bheegi Palkein
The village president (Radha Ravi) doesn't seem to care about caste or money, he united some lovers. - Kizhakku Mugam
Shudra: The Rising is set in the time of the Indus Valley Civilization and has a storyline that concerns the caste system of ancient India. - Shudra: The Rising
Mani (Giri) becomes a spoiled brat after his father’s death in a caste clash. - Varnam (2011 film)
Though he helps non-Brahmin low caste people, he cannot tolerate them touching his clothes. - Idhu Namma Aalu (1988 film)
The couple was excommunicated from the Brahmin caste as Vitthal had broken with sannyas, the last of the four ashrams. - Sant Dnyaneshwar (film)
A band of displaced untouchables in Western Ghats of India embrace Buddhism in order to escape from caste oppression. - Papilio Buddha (film)
One day, due to a verbal fight in a pub, Bhai's chief drug importer Sagayam kidnaps a girl from another caste and holds her ransom until sunset and then releases her to damage her family name. - Singam II
The movie ends with Parma and Zoya's bodies lying on the terrace, and an on-screen message that explains how thousands of lovers like them are killed every year only because of falling in love outside their caste and/or religion. - Ishaqzaade
As Madhukar comes from a high caste family, the Seth, in order to get his daughter married to him informs Madhukar's family of Lakshmi's background. - Achhut
He describes the New Orleans caste system, which had three racial groups, to Frowenfeld, an abolitionist. - The Grandissimes: A Story of Creole Life
Like most of the villages, Goriyar has its own set of caste divisions and in the novel the most economically progressive caste in the village is that of the Godhis. - Juloos
Kathreena is an odd-woman out in her untouchable caste (Pulaya) and the film depicts the atrocities she had to endure due to her skin colour. - Velutha Kathreena
Hari, citing the apparent caste difference, urges Sandhya to marry Nandu. - Jaag Utha Insan
Ravi is part of the untouchable caste and is an orphan after his mother died. - The Wake of the Lorelei Lee
She has a little caste bias, but the difficulty of getting a maid these days force her to accept anybody who is out of her caste. - Neelathamara (1979 film)
Meanwhile Kamini and Raja marry secretly since he knows his woman-hating, upper caste father will never agree to this marriage. - Ladki
The difference in social status, caste or creed does not come in the way of their friendship. - Bhakta Kuchela (1961 film)
This film also speaks about the caste differences between the landlords and the farmers. - Nellu (2010 film)
Mahadiga is a film based on the life of Scheduled caste community, Madigas. - Mahadiga (film)
Aruna insults Bhaskar on the basis of his lower caste and goes back to her Aunt and Uncle. - Balipeetam
Is caste a necessary evil. - Saptapadi (1981 film)
His father opposes his relationship with a girl belonging to a lower caste and forces him to marry a girl of his choice Vasundhara (Sangeetha). - Pallavur Devanarayanan
The movie is a portrait of the life of Anantha Padmanabhan (Mammootty), born to an aristocratic Namboothiri father (Charuhasan) and a low caste mother (Jayabharathi), who quickly learns and masters all 3 Vedas and allied arts of it. - Adharvam
A progressive thinking man, Pookoya Thangal (Jagathy Sreekumar) does not believe in the caste system or creed. - Raamanam
Jaganatham marries a girl from lower caste and is cast out of the village. - Vagdanam
Bhushaiah values sentimental about caste and clan and consequently does not accept Ravi's love for Saroja. - Kula Gotralu
Parbatram (Pankaj Jha) is a postman who belongs to a lower caste and lives in a joint family with his wife Ishwari (Sai Deodhar) and her daughter Kashi (Jannat Rahmani). - Kashi – Ab Na Rahe Tera Kagaz Kora
This hurts the upper caste people and also the prince Narasinga Raju, who seeks the help of Nagamma. - Palnati Yuddham (1947 film)
and they have a change of heart and realize that it's not about which community or caste or religion or even country one belongs to. - Mission 11 July
Vasu, a lower caste by birth, has no chance to win her, who is already engaged to Chitran Namboothiri (Manianpilla Raju). - Adwaytham
The current rehabilitation plan is that only those who fall under the category of schedule caste farmers. - Vasthuhara
Kasinatha Sastri (ANR) belongs to a high caste Brahmin family. - Jayabheri
The movie involves two major sub plots which highlights the relevance of the guru and his teachings as well as his love to his fellow beings one where an intercaste couple portrayed by Navya Nair and Kalabhavan Mani fights the caste establishment with the blessings of Gurudevan. - Yugapurushan
The man reveals to Black that he attempted to create a caste of pure and innocent people who could repopulate society benevolently after the cataclysm. - Force Majeure (Millennium)
They belong to the Musahar caste and live at the bottom of the social hierarchy. - Agle Janam Mohe Bitiya Hi Kijo
The autobiography Majya Jalmachi Chittarkatha by Dalit woman writer Shantabai Kamble, the protagonist of the story, Naja, bears the brunt of class, caste and gender. - Majya Jalmachi Chittarkatha
In the Bengali language, "Bede" means a caste or group of people who make their living by catching snakes and entertaining people by making the snakes dance to the tune of there flutes. - Beder Meye Josna
The other is a poor unemployed youth of high caste who does not get employment because of his forward caste status. - Vaaname Ellai
His wife Sridevi (Meena) is beautiful and belongs to a high caste who had eloped with him. - Katha Parayumpol
Back from the summer abroad and fluent in French, Philip is elevated to popular status, while Vanessa is relegated to the bottom of the prep school caste system with the rest of the FUBARs. - Dear Lemon Lima
One of the sons in the family marries a woman belonging to a lower caste (Sudha Rani), and is disowned by the family. - Magic Ajji
The affluent are a secretive caste laden down with rituals and untold power, subtly afflicted by inbreeding both literal and figurative. - A Short Guide to the City
During a dance competition at the school function, Sundhari wins the first prize and Sundharam could not accept this as Sahadevan's family belongs to an inferior caste and indebted money from him. - Thaai Magalukku Kattiya Thaali
Taylor discovers that the various apes, who can talk and are in control, are in a strict caste system: gorillas are police officers, military, hunters and workers; orangutans are administrators, politicians, lawyers and priests; and chimpanzees are intellectuals and scientists. - Planet of the Apes (1968 film)
Like the rest of the series this is a romance, but one that rides on deeper questions of personal and social relationship, including those of leadership, honesty, caste relations and power. - Passage (Bujold novel)
This sets her off on a personal journey into India's history to uncover the many layers of religion, caste and creed. - Aavarana
Soosai do not want an inter caste marriage and decides to make his daughter become a nun in the church. - Kovil (film)
Man-seok is an executioner from the butcher caste and therefore discriminated against. - I Will Survive (film)
Besides, their love affair wreaks havoc in Meenakshi’s upper caste family, which is known for cast prejudices. - Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar
Muni convinces college students from conducting election in college and put a stop caste game in college. - Muniyandi Vilangial Moonramandu
Cowlacey and Belhaven commented positively on the prospects that in the future, society would be divided into a genetic caste system with people divided into "Alphas", "Betas" and "Gammas" based on their genetic background (terminology used in Huxley's Brave New World). - The Crystal Cube
Meanwhile, Shiva, a lower caste temple servant has awe for Madhura's art. - Sringaram
The respective families soon take up cudgels against their wards & make it clear that they won't allow inter caste marriage. - Chameli Ki Shaadi
The parents decide to get him married to Durga (Raveena Tandon), a lower caste girl from a poor family, thinking she will be able to cope with Sanjay's temper. - Daman (film)
(Devdas is of the Brahmin caste and Paro of the Merchant caste) Devdas realizes he cannot live without Paro and seeks her out, but she has already been married off to an older man with children. - Devdas (1937 film)
As the Raos are of a much lower caste than the Shastris, Ashok is told by his dad that he cannot marry Shalini. - Aaina (1977 film)
Udayamurthy sees a woman in a government office who protests against an official for rejecting her application for teacher job for not mentioning her caste and religion in the application. - Unnal Mudiyum Thambi
As he describes them: 'They love fine social distinctions and divisions and are snobbishly wedded to an antique system of caste and class. - Coasting (book)
His cousin Muththazhagu (Priyamani) is the daughter of a caste fanatic who is a prominent person in the village's council. - Paruthiveeran
The book provides a satirical critique of observed state-incited violence, manipulation of the media, caste and class rivalries. - Acts of Faith
But at this moment, Ishwar's fear of prejudice emerges, as he does not want his sister, a Brahmin, to marry a lower caste boy. - Subarnarekha (film)
Not orthodox himself, Raman neither sports a tuft like others from his caste nor has inhibitions in eating meat if necessary. - The Painter of Signs
Opening with the main character, Rahm, waking from stasis, the book covers his campaigns as part of the Tzen Warrior caste against a coalition of large Insect species; the Wasps, Leapers, and Ants, in that order. - The Bug Wars
The story revolves around a tribal caste called the Thakar. - Jait Re Jait
And as the rioters cast and Neha's caste was same, that person did not attack him and by that time that child escaped. - Dus Kahaniyaan
Set in rural Bihar of 1984, the film focuses on the caste politics and the oppression of the lower castes in the region, through bonded labour. - Damul
The daughter of a British physician and a Brahmin woman of the highest caste who was trained in the medical arts since she was a child. - The Serpent's Shadow (Lackey novel)
In order to get her husband back and save her people from the power-hungry Aristo caste of Eube, she launches an attack that will become known as the Radiance War. - The Radiant Seas
However, the wisdom of Shashi's father (Utpal Dutt) prevails as he confronts the mothers' prejudices regarding caste and religion, and urges both to accept their grandchild. - Julie (1975 film)
Her sister Punitha (Monica) elopes to marry a lower caste boy Guna (Abhinay), a classmate of Daas. - Daas
Even though Hema and Madhava love each other, neither realizes this due to societal divisions of caste & economic class. - Aapadbandhavudu
The 1349-page novel alternately offers satirical and earnest examinations of national political issues in the period leading up to the first post-Independence national election of 1952, including Hindu–Muslim strife, the status of lower caste peoples such as the jatav, land reforms and the eclipse of the feudal princes and landlords, academic affairs, abolition of the Zamindari system, family relations and a range of further issues of importance to the characters. - A Suitable Boy
Akorem believes the Prophets brought him back to restore Bajor's traditional caste system, which the Bajoran people abandoned during the 50-year Cardassian occupation so that they could effectively organize a resistance. - Accession (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
After watching a dancer performing on a cliff away from a temple, Suryam meets her and learns that she is Lalitha Sivajyothi, a classical dancer who belongs to a lower caste and is denied entry into the temple. - Rudraveena (film)
Anamika is confident that she will be able to get in, but feels conflicted about contributing to the country's brain drain; ultimately, she concludes that it would be best to return to her native country after the completion of her studies to contribute to the modernization of traditional Indian society and breaking down the rigid caste system. - Babyji
Vanaja (Mamatha Bhukya) is the 15-year-old daughter of Somayya (Ramachandriah Marikanti), a poor, low caste fisherman from rural Andhra Pradesh. - Vanaja (film)
But Lakshmi makes Durgaprasad see sense that religion and caste do not matter. - Chachi 420
The larger theme of the film is centred on India's caste system, though it is depicted as a film within a film. - Samar (1999 film)
When the Doctor and Turlough arrive there, they find a society ruled by a strict caste system. - Lords of the Storm
Miss Olive and Miss Caroline also accept her on a more human level because she is with a lower caste black man despite her mulattoness. - The Dragon Can't Dance
A rigid caste system has developed, with each occupation being confined to a particular set of families. - Strikebreaker (short story)
The film focuses on the caste and feudal system in Rajasthan. - Ghulami
Balu Thevar (Sathyaraj) and Saritha live in a village and belong to a land-owning warrior caste (Thevar), held lower in the Vedic caste system hierarchy than Brahmins. - Vedham Pudhithu
He comes from a lower caste and falls in love with the rich Zamindar's daughter Kannamma (Meena). - Bharathi Kannamma
This becomes evident by their attitude towards the lepers and the continuation of the caste system. - City of Joy
Eventually, Saravana is told about the caste clashes occurring in the village. - Saravana
It begins in a typical forward caste family setting, with the young Prathapa Mudhaliar indulging in hunting and enjoying himself. - Prathapa Mudaliar Charithram
He struggles to come to terms with the rejection and estrangement of his father, a member of an upper caste who denies his son. - Vanaprastham
The film is a vicious indictment of the Indian caste system; when a poor and out-caste, village shoemaker, Dukhi (Om Puri), goes to village Brahmin (Hindu priest) (Mohan Agashe) to get the date of his daughter's marriage fixed, the Brahmin in turn asks for labour without pay in exchange, the ensuing events however turn the table against the priest, who in the end has to fore-go all the lofty tradition, including that of untouchability, he held so dearly, all this life, in his life as village priest. - Sadgati
The main theme involves the role of the caste system, and how the younger generation strive to overcome it. - Indira (film)
The humanoid Morlocks are a caste of telepaths who rule the other Morlocks. - The Time Machine (2002 film)
Karuthamma (Sheela) is the daughter of an ambitious lower caste Hindu fisherman, Chembankunju (Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair). - Chemmeen
Spherical Harmonic takes place following the Radiance War, a conflict fought between the Imperialate and the Eubian Concord, an empire ruled by a rigid caste of narcissists called Aristos. - Spherical Harmonic
Each vacated apartment was then occupied by a military officer and his family, who were often of a more rural background and lower social caste than the previous residents. - The Yacoubian Building
It is the story of modern India - of changing caste equations and a realization of this reality among the land owning class, albeit a bit late. - Suddha (film)
As someone who comes from a high caste and conservative Hindu Brahmin family, Meenakshi shudders at the very fact that during their travel she drank water offered by Raja, a Muslim. - Mr. and Mrs. Iyer
In ancient India, the lives of many people are plagued by drought, famine, constant warfare and injustices in the caste system. - Buddha (manga)
A young bank employee, Keshavan Nair, Hindu by religion, Nair by caste lodges on the upper floor of the house belonging to Saramma's father. - Premalekhanam
Human resistance forces have found two ways to fight back: using the Prime weapons (primarily directed-energy weapons) against the invaders, and disrupting communication between the slave caste (motiles) and the commanding caste (immotiles) of the Primes. - Commonwealth Saga
As drRao and his team grapple with village politics, rigid casteism and general distrust of the village folk, they face planned hostility from the local Harijan community's leader Bhola (Naseeruddin Shah) who harbours deep anger and resentment against the higher caste Panchayat Head (Kulbhushan Kharbanda). - Manthan
Priests and Brahmins unhappy with his social inclusion of lower caste people in the temple try to destroy his writings. - Annamayya (film)
Subaltern texts like the caste and the communal divide do make their presence felt, but they exist as subplots, that further enrich the viewer's understanding. - Joi Baba Felunath (film)
When it becomes clear to doctors who attend Jane that something strange has happened (since she can read and write, while the mother caste are illiterate) they arrange for her to be taken to meet an aged historian named Laura. - Consider Her Ways
However, the village is divided largely by caste and religious beliefs. - Swades
Jos gradually accepts his place on Aaian-na and the Warboy teaches him to be a Ka'redan, or "assassin-priest" which is the ruling caste on the planet. - Warchild (Lowachee novel)
In an attempt to break away from the restrictive caste system, Ishvar's father apprentices his sons Ishvar and Narayan to a Muslim tailor, Ashraf Chacha, in a nearby town, and so they became tailors. - A Fine Balance
The planet, once terrified by the elegant but cruel Nobles (vampires), ancient demons, mutants and their technological creations, is now slowly returning to a semblance of order and human control — thanks in part to the decadence that brought about the downfall of the vampire race, to the continued stubbornness of frontier dwellers and, to the rise of a caste of independent hunters-for-hire who eliminate supernatural threats. - Vampire Hunter D
She breaks the lead Councillor's staff, and, at her urging, the Worker and Religious castes follow her out, leaving only those from the Warrior caste in the chamber. - Severed Dreams
This story introduces the concept of the caste system within Martian society. - The Seeds of Death
Phoolan is exposed to some sexual and exploitative abuses, including the caste system. - Bandit Queen
Pather Panchali (Bengali, "Song of the Little Road") Apu's early experiences in rural Bengal as the son of a poor but high caste family are presented. - The Apu Trilogy
Further, a second, military caste is formed: the Mercenaries. - The Iron Heel
Facets of Kerala life captured by the novel are Communism, the caste system and the Keralite Syrian Christian way of life. - The God of Small Things
The Polaris have six separate castes, set up so that the skills of an individual can be best utilized by the caste he or she becomes a member of. - Escape Velocity Nova
This reincarnation by mind transfer has created a race of potential immortals and allowed the former crew members to institute the Hindu caste system, with themselves at the top. - Lord of Light
Han Qing-jao's secret maid, Si Wang-mu, aids her in this task, her intelligence (partially) unfettered by the rigid caste system. - Xenocide
To achieve this, each caste gets a special training area where it is completely segregated from any outside influence; the necessary land is confiscated from families, some of which have held it for countless generations — which creates some disaffection in the conservative Paonese population and earns Bustamonte the name of a tyrant. - The Languages of Pao
The narrator is a square named A Square, a member of the caste of gentlemen and professionals, who guides the readers through some of the implications of life in two dimensions. - Flatland
Ziller lives in self-imposed exile on Masaq', having renounced his privileged position in Chel's caste system. - Look to Windward
In a subplot, 'the Young General' (Sabu), heir to the throne of a princely Indian state who has come to the convent for his education, becomes infatuated with Kanchi, a lower caste dancing girl (Jean Simmons). - Black Narcissus
Mond outlines for John the events that led to the present society and his arguments for a caste system and social control. - Brave New World
Delenn secretly meets with Neroon of the Warrior caste and convinces him that neither side can be allowed to win. - Babylon 5
Arjun is shocked upon hearing this but his mother tells him that his father wanted to build a corrupt free state and also abolish the caste system but his Peddaina (Sanjeevayya's elder brother) (Kota Srinivasa Rao) doesn't approve of his plans and his only aim was to rule the state along with the family members. - Leader (2010 film)

Example sentences for "caste" in interesting articles

The question does arise: who would study the rich, or perhaps we should ask who could study the rich? In a society that is so deeply hierarchized along both class and caste lines, which scholar or scientist would have the temerity, and the access, to do so? For us, wealth is so completely tied in with political power, and often to crime without punishment. - Indias elites have a ferocious sense ofentitlement
Also, in India, there is a certain mindset of caste which doesn’t translate into understanding or appreciation. - Why I Will Never Feel Threatened by Programmers in India
When the people entering the institution are the best among the best, they will shine no matter what the quality of faculty or the curriculum.Perhaps this comes from our caste system, where castes try and keep others out, but we are stuck with this system of exclusion.Our system encourages talkers rather than doers.We think this makes us “argumentative” and democratic, but what this actually makes us is obstructionist rather than problem solvers. - Nadella as Microsoft CEO: A slap in the face for Indian system
Mr Vaishnav dispels the conventional wisdom that crooks win because they can get voters to focus on caste or some other sectarian allegiance, thus overlooking their criminality. - Why many Indian politicians have a criminal record
Ofcourse they take this money from multiple parties, and noone except them knows who really gets the vote. Then there is the caste vote. - Indian Electronic Voting Researcher Arrested
Bonds of caste and religion and family have frayed; the panchayats, village assemblies made up of elders, have lost their traditional authority. - How India Became America
In order to funnel millions of messages a week into something valuable, the shows producers have turned to big data. Aside from Khan’s star power, the show is so popular because of the types of issues it tackles — female feticide, caste discrimination, dowry deaths, child abuse and medical practice among them. - How India's favorite TV show uses data to change the world
About 90-95% of the time Hindus marry within their broad caste group. - More young Indians are choosing their own spouses
The caste system, being abolished in Indian culture, had found it’s way into the Indian classroom in another form altogether – engineers, doctors and arts majors. Today, the calibre and quality of Indian engineers is under scrutiny, and the engineers of the 70s and the 80s can vouch for that fact. - Why there are so many engineers in India
I have a lot of respect for their culture (the only thing I really don't like is the caste system). - Indian OS
India’s caste system is based on an interlocking hierarchy that places each caste above another. - India is displaying classic signs that foreshadow fascism
India recognises at least 20 proofs of identity, including birth certificates, caste certificates, tax codes, driving-licences and so on, but none universally. - India creating new identity card system for 1.2Bn people
This problem results from two main factors: a highly accentuated class system bordering on a caste system, and lack of a non-commissioned-officer development program. Most Arab officers treat enlisted soldiers like sub-humans. - Why Arabs Lose Wars (1999)
And this more passionate devotion to the God Krishna, which gave religious validity to low-caste cowherds and women, had a social inclusiveness that clashed with the Gita’s support of caste dharma, or duties entailed by being born into a particular caste.For though, as Davis points out, the Gita says that if you love god you can neglect your duties (dharma), there is another famous passage that Davis does not mention: the duties of the four classes are distributed according to the qualities they are naturally born with. - War and Peace in the Bhagavad Gita
So, too, I think, are the epidemics of drugs, suicide, divorce, violence, cruelty, and the hardening of class into caste in the U.S., products of the dehumanization of our lives, the lessening of individual and family importance that central control imposes. Without a fully active role in community life you cannot develop into a complete human being. - The Six-Lesson Schoolteacher
As Moses wrote decades later, unequal access to high quality education is a comparable injustice to unequal access to the ballot box and is "the clearest manifestation of the nation's caste system." This, he wrote, was particularly true of math. - Why Did San Francisco Schools Stop Teaching Algebra in Middle School?
So, too, I think, are the epidemics of drugs, suicide, divorce, violence, cruelty, and the hardening of class into caste in the U.S., products of the dehumanization of our lives, the lessening of individual and family importance that central control imposes. Without a fully active role in community life you cannot develop into a complete human being. - The Six-Lesson Schoolteacher
But when he ignored that date too, the Supreme Court issued a "bailable warrant" against him, ordering the West Bengal state police chief to bring him in on 31 March.He was also barred from performing any judicial or administrative functions until further orders.But the rebel judge did not fall in line.The crisis escalatesOn the same day, he too passed an order - a low-caste Dalit (formerly untouchable), he accused the seven judges of caste bias and ordered that a case be registered against them for discriminating against him. - Why are India's top judges doubting each others' sanity?

Meaning of "caste" in English

in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony
a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth
(Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity
social status or position conferred by a system based on class

Meaning of "caste" in Hindi

जाति ( Jati, jaati, zati)
वर्ण ( Varn, warn)
गोत्र ( Gotr)

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