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

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

India’s film certification body accused of censoring anti-caste film ‘Phule’ under pressure from so-called upper caste groups ...

The Madras High Court has directed the removal of caste-based tags from the names of schools and colleges within four weeks, observing that such identifiers con ...

The significance of Babasaheb Ambedkar’s decision to embrace Buddhism continues to resonate today, but Dalits seeking to ...

A Karnataka caste survey shows SCs at 18%, Muslims at 13%, suggesting a reservation increase to 75%, stirring political ...

SPIR 2025, covering over 8,000 police personnel across 17 states, finds significant bias based on caste, religion, and gender ...

Touching on everything from anti-caste traditions to the Buddhist legend of Matanga and Persian and Arabic perspectives on ...

Karnataka government considers caste census report for increased reservations, facing backlash from powerful communities and political analysts.

India’s social fabric remains hostile to interfaith and intercaste couples. But “safe homes” offer some security.

At the same time, she also recognises the role played—or not—by churches across India that further perpetuate the caste system. “Endogamy in the Christian community, where people do not ...