upper-caste

Meaning, he doesn't forget he's an upper-caste Hindu with a family estate to go back to.

Dancing to His Own Bollywood Tune Paromita Vohra 2011

No, we are American techies fighting the real racists -- the upper-caste invaders that have been trying to purge non-Indians out of American I.T. for decades and make us their dalits.

Discourse.net: Making Last Minute Donations? 2009

Serious Men tells the story of Ayyan Mani, a middle-aged Dalit (someone of a lower caste), who works as an assistant to a brilliant Brahmin (upper-caste) astronomer at a scientific institute in Mumbai.

Manu Joseph's controversial tale of caste wins Indian literary prize Benedicte Page 2010

In some states like Rajasthan they have actually instituted quotas for the poor "forward castes" code for upper-caste Hindus.

India's Government By Quota 2010

Ms. Mayawati's spectacular performance was attributed to her efforts to reach out to the upper-caste electorate who traditionally shunned the party that they saw as representing only those at the lower rung of Hinduism's caste hierarchy.

India Political Spat Krishna Pokharel 2010

Ms. Mayawati's spectacular performance was attributed to her efforts to reach out to the upper-caste electorate who traditionally shunned the party that they saw as representing only those at the lower rung of Hinduism's caste hierarchy.

India Political Spat Krishna Pokharel 2010

Ms. Mayawati's spectacular performance was attributed to her efforts to reach out to the upper-caste electorate who traditionally shunned the party that they saw as representing only those at the lower rung of Hinduism's caste hierarchy.

India Political Spat Krishna Pokharel 2010

As the militias of upper-caste landlords clashed with revolutionary guerrillas fighting for the oppressed, and caste-based political agitations threw up a series of incompetent and allegedly corrupt governments, state services ground to a halt, highways disintegrated, bridges crumbled, and career criminals ascended from the back rooms of party offices to take seats in the state legislative assembly, and even the Indian Parliament itself.

From Worst to Near First 2010

The groups that are benefiting from these new job opportunities and new consumption patterns are urban, English-speaking upper-caste groups for the most part ...

Christopher Lydon: India's Swift, Strange Social Change (AUDIO) 2010

Ms. Mayawati's spectacular performance was attributed to her efforts to reach out to the upper-caste electorate who traditionally shunned the party that they saw as representing only those at the lower rung of Hinduism's caste hierarchy.

India Political Spat Krishna Pokharel 2010