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  2. Caste - Wikipedia

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    A caste is a fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system. Within such a system, individuals are expected to marry exclusively within the same caste (endogamy), follow lifestyles often linked to a particular occupation, hold a ritual status observed within a hierarchy ...

  3. Caste discrimination in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Discrimination. Caste discrimination in the United States is a form of discrimination based on the social hierarchy which is determined by a person's birth. [1] Though the use of the term caste is more prevalent in South Asia and Bali, in the United States, Indian Americans also use the term caste. [2][3]

  4. Caste system in India - Wikipedia

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    His writings, and speeches during such tours, discussed the discriminated-against castes of India. The caste system in India is the paradigmatic ethnographic instance of social classification based on castes. It has its origins in ancient India, and was transformed by various ruling elites in medieval, early-modern, and modern India, especially ...

  5. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - Wikipedia

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    The Scheduled Castes[1] and Scheduled Tribes are officially designated groups of people and among the most socio-economic groups in India. [2] The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designated in one or other of the categories. [3]: 3 For much of the period of British rule in the Indian subcontinent, they were ...

  6. Other Backward Class - Wikipedia

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    Other Backward Class. The Other Backward Class (OBC) is a collective term used by the Government of India to classify communities that are "educationally or socially backward" (i.e., disadvantaged). It is one of several official classifications of the population of India, along with general castes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and ...

  7. Casting (performing arts) - Wikipedia

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    In the performing arts industry such as theatre, film, or television, casting, or a casting call, is a pre-production process for selecting a certain type of actor, dancer, singer, or extra to land the role of a character in a script, screenplay, or teleplay. This process may be used for a motion picture, television program, documentary film ...

  8. 2011 Socio Economic and Caste Census - Wikipedia

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    Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 was the fourth exercise conducted by Government of India to identify households living below the poverty line (BPL) in India that would get various entitlements, after three censuses in 1992, 1997 and 2002. [33] The last BPL census was conducted in India in 2002 and the procedure adopted was to collect ...

  9. Economics - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Economics (/ ˌɛkəˈnɒmɪks, ˌiːkə -/) [1][2] is a social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. [3][4] Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work.