Ramesh Baghel’s almost month-long legal battle this January to bury the body of his dead father in their village graveyard is ...

This year will see a continued conversation and argument on the interplay of caste, religion ... and among politically affiliated diaspora groups. The relative success of the Indian National ...

Indian Christians ... protest against the caste discrimination inherent in Indian society. Ambedkar, born into a Dalit family, experienced firsthand the dehumanizing effects of the caste system. His ...

Scholars of caste—India’s longstanding, religiously-based system of social hierarchy—will gather at ... “Caste oppression is among the greatest human rights problems in the world,” GDS Director ...

More than 240 million people in South Asia live a precarious existence, shunned by much of society because of their ranks as untouchables or Dalits at the bottom of a rigid caste system.

In addition, caste has allowed countless groups that have migrated into India to find a place and to play an important role. The caste system, as it actually works in India is called jati. The term ...