We show that in government, public sector as well as in the bureaucracy - compared to what things were in the 50s and 60s - there is enormous change in representation,' says Devesh Kapur ...

An Indian court has denied Christians of Dalit origin legal protections meant for lower caste people, saying a person who converted to Christianity cannot claim to be a member of a lower caste group.

The Art of Living founder has put caste reconciliation on his public agenda. He organised the "Truth and Reconciliation" ...

The question is not whether caste hierarchies exist in prisons (they do) but whether the administration will confront its own ...

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The top court in southern Indian Tamil Nadu state has ruled that persons marrying under the Christian personal law should be considered to have converted to Christianity and abandoned their ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Police in India say they have arrested a shopkeeper for axing to death a couple from a lower caste for not promptly paying a meager debt of 15 rupees (22 cents) for groceries.

People from the lower rungs of India's strict social hierarchy say they're trapped doing jobs like cleaning sewers because of ...

Civic behaviour is shaped by a society conditioned to outsourcing the labour of cleaning to lower castes and women.

Why do people defend social systems that oppress them? Why do the marginalized sometimes work to uphold structures and arrangements that limit their potential? These questions are not just ...