The Indian caste system dictates the course of an individual's life — their profession, social circle, and sense of self. It ...

Dalits are the class of people formerly known as “Untouchables” in the Hindu religion, which are the lowest class. Under India’s national constitution they are given special rights and protection.

Jaipur: Shahu Patole, author of Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada talks about how in her village “seven castes till the same earth ...

On February 4, the Telangana government announced the criteria for sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SCs) in the state, as recommended by a one-membe ...

Participation and control of Dalits, backwards and tribals is key, he says at the 130th birth anniversary of freedom fighter, ...

Banning booze in Bihar has empowered gangs and illicit markets in an echo of the 1920s. Here's what went wrong ...

Guru Ravidass, one of the most famous so-called untouchable sages of the 15th-16th century, articulated an alternative genre ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s holiday has passed, and we are heading into Black History Month, making this a good moment to ...

Fortune wrote an article questioning if a Disney World trip was affordable for the average American family and accusing Disney of creating a “caste system” in its parks that separates the ...

It was the same year that Dr. B R Ambedkar, born at the bottom of India’s caste system as an untouchable, went to New York to study economics at Columbia where he would focus on studying the ...