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.

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian government ...

As a scholar who brought Karl Marx and Max Weber to the centre of Indian sociological studies, Beteille thought the ...

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 ...

(RNS) — Many Buddhists today trace their social justice activism to the work of BR Ambedkar, the Indian caste abolitionist who once led a mass conversion of Dalits, or lower caste, to Buddhism. (RNS) ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world's most populous country. Information ...

In much of Asia and parts of Africa, distinct groups suffer from discrimination which is based on their descent. India has a total population of 1 billion people. Caste discrimination in India affects ...

IIT Delhi conference on caste and racism, its academic significance, and the controversy fueled by social media trolls, ...

How is caste discrimination observed and documented on campus? How much can the new UGC rules, now at the centre of a row, ...

Choosing a life partner beyond one’s caste or religion can prove deadly in India, as rising numbers of “honor crimes” show.

Tension between traditional spiritual authority and political Hindutva is growing. Religious leaders feel that the government ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world’s most populous country. Information ...