From lynchings and social boycotts to a historic caste census decision, 2025 showed that caste continues to shape violence, ...

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

Members of India's lowest Dalit caste are fighting against discrimination by posting "mustache selfies" on social media. The posts are in response to a string of violent incidents in which Dalits in ...

In this Aug. 15, 2016 file photo, hundreds of members of India’s low-caste Dalit community gather for a rally in Una, Gujarat state, India. (Credit: Ajit Solanki/AP.) Listen MUMBAI, India – Archbishop ...

The problem of casteism and caste discrimination against Dalits within the Catholic Church in India has existed for centuries. This issue has often been raised by Dalit Christians. But over the past ...

The deceased, who belonged to a poor family from Jogulamba-Gadwal district, studied in a social welfare school and later ...

In a file photo, members of the audience listen to a speaker at a rally organized by National Conference of Dalit Organizations in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2005. Dalits, who belong to the ...

NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India's lower-caste Dalits are increasingly asserting their claims over land so they can bury their dead, human rights activists said on Friday, as their ...

NEW DELHI, April 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The hip-hop artist Arivu was in his final year of engineering college when it hit home that he was a Dalit — one of the "untouchables" in India’s ...

Constructively criticising the Constitution is imperative at a time when its survival is threatened by the Hindutva project.