51.   While enjoying a higher status under the Indian caste system, merchants were subordinate to the Brahmins, whose dominance arguably curbed the tremendous creativity of South Asian culture.

52.   While the matter might seem insignificant, some assistants said it is indicative of a caste system that clubs have helped perpetuate.

53.   Across India, the caste system is being challenged by communist militants and populist political parties and undermined by affirmative action and urban industrialization.

54.   Also known as untouchables, they occupy the lowest rank in the caste system that is dominated by the once-priestly class of Brahmins.

55.   As Dalits are considered to be lowest in the Hindu caste system, their entry into temples has been banned for centuries.

56.   Arranged marriages, like many fixtures of Indian culture, evolved in part out of the caste system.

57.   BELAUR, India -- Across India, the caste system is being challenged by communist militants and populist political parties.

58.   But marketing experts said the VIP program was another example of big-time sports creating a caste system for fans.

59.   But in backward and corrupt states like Bihar, few people believe the caste system is likely to end soon.

60.   Devotees believe strongly in equality, are against the caste system and run community kitchens that feed the hungry.