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Abha Saxena, the Coordinator of the Global Health Ethics Unit of the WHO in Geneva; Abhishek Saxena, Indian Bollywood and Punjabi film director; Anuraag Saxena, Indian activist, commentator and founder of the India Pride Project; Anuj Saxena (born 1967), Indian producer; Arvind Saxena (born 1955), Indian chairman of the Union Public Service ...
Pages in category "Caste system by country" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Balinese caste ...
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
In Kerala, surnames denote the caste they belong. There are also several local surnames like Nair , [ 10 ] Menon , Panikkar etc. It is a common in Kerala , Tamil Nadu , and some other parts of South India that the spouse adopts her husband's first name instead of his family or surname name after marriage.
Kayasthas have been recorded as a separate caste responsible for writing secular documents and maintaining records in Brahmanical religious writings dating back to the seventh-century. [41] In these texts, some described Kayasthas as Kshatriyas , while others often described them as a 'mixed-origin' caste with Brahmin and Shudra components.
The caste system in Sri Lanka is a division of society into strata, [39] influenced by the textbook jāti system found in India. Ancient Sri Lankan texts such as the Pujavaliya, Sadharmaratnavaliya and Yogaratnakaraya and inscriptional evidence show that the above hierarchy prevailed throughout the feudal period.
A 1995 study notes that the caste system in India is a system of exploitation of poor low-ranking groups by more prosperous high-ranking groups. [227] A report published in 2001 note that in India 36.3% of people own no land at all, 60.6% own about 15% of the land, with a very wealthy 3.1% owning 15% of the land. [ 228 ]
Rahul Easwar, Indian right-wing activist, philosophy author and orator [288] Rajendra Trivedi, speaker of Gujarat Legislative Assembly [289] Sanjay Jha, [290] former national spokesperson for the Indian National Congress; Satish Sharma, Indian politician who was the Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas (1993–1996) and MP of Uttar Pradesh (2010 ...