Research into judgements from 1950 to 2025 suggests India's top court often reinforces caste hierarchies in language, even ...

Rohit De and Ornit Shani’s new book, Assembling India's Constitution: A New Democratic History, traces the demands put ...

Today, Periyar’s legacy continues to influence Tamil Nadu’s social landscape, driving higher female enrollment in education, ...

A sign at a Dec. 8, 2006, hunger sit-in by Christian Dalits in New Delhi, India, displays the deep roots of the caste system in India. Dalits are low castes who perform menial jobs and are treated as ...

On Aug. 27, Pope Francis will create 21 new cardinals at a consistory at the Vatican. The new cardinals include the first Indian cardinal from the socially poor Dalit community – Archbishop Anthony ...

In the fall of 2015, a group of Dalit survivors and activists from India began marching across 16 cities in North America—including New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle—to “break the silence” on caste ...

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited his home town in Gujarat state to mark his birthday over the weekend, the national media focused on the detention ...

The problem of casteism and caste discrimination against Dalits within the Catholic Church in India has existed for centuries. This issue has often been raised by Dalit Christians. But over the past ...

None of those accused in the gang rape of a young woman in India who subsequently died from her injuries have been found guilty by a court, nearly three years after the brutal crime. The court in ...

Yashica Dutt holding her memoir, Coming Out as Dalit (image courtesy Yashica Dutt) There is much to laud in the Amazon Prime series Made in Heaven, currently amongst the most widely watched programs ...

Christian leaders in New Delhi see both damage and opportunity in the wake of a historic rally against India’s oppressive caste system. At the November event, 50,000 Dalits (once known as ...