In the villages of Tamil Nadu and across India's urban parishes, a profound contradiction unfolds daily. "My faith teaches ...

Today, most marriages in India are still arranged, and views on caste remain ... found his support system within his church. Manjunath found a woman from a Christian family through a fellow ...

We recall a central idea of Dr BR Ambedkar’s seminal work, which was an extension of his views about the corrosive effects of ...

The persistence of caste stigma against Dalits in India is a complex issue rooted in historical, social, economic, and ...

The Dharmashastras, among which Manusmriti remains preeminent, clearly distinguishes between Shudras and the twice-born castes ...

Religion Team reporter Deepa Bharath’s story on the contentious ripple effects of India’s caste system among the South Asian diaspora in the U.S. was an all-formats effort, pegged to Seattle becoming ...