An Indian artist dressed as Hindu deity Lord Ram, arrives to perform on the eve of the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, during an event in Ahmedabad on Jan. 21. (Photo: AFP) Some ...

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New Delhi: Caste and religion continue to shape the Indian American experience, with strong support for laws banning caste-based discrimination even as reports of bias, especially among US-born Indian ...

The lynching began with an announcement over the loudspeaker of the local temple: a calf had been slaughtered. It was 28th September 2015, around the Eid holiday, and Hindu-Muslim tensions were ...

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