In a society deeply rooted in the caste system, where Dalits (then called untouchables) were barred from entering Hindu temples, Maharaja Hari Singh, the last Dogra ruler of Jammu and Kashmir, issued ...

Facing systemic exclusion, scores of Dalit families in Gujarat are turning to Buddhism. But official recognition of these ...

Discover Poykayil Appachan`s inspiring life, his defiance of caste and war, and his legacy in Kerala`s fight for social ...

Explore the harrowing legacy of India's caste system, the struggles of Dalits, and the fight for change against centuries of oppression. A powerful story of resilience and hope against systemic ...

Love Untouchable: How Bimal Roy’s 'Sujata' embodied caste inequality, six decades ago The author writes about Bimal Roy's Sujata, memorable for many reasons, but mostly for the way it broached the ...

“Though I was born a Hindu untouchable, I shall not die as a Hindu,” wrote Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, who devoted his life to abolishing the caste system and who embraced his new faith just two ...

Fresno, California, became only the second U.S. city to ban caste discrimination after a unanimous city council vote that added caste and indigeneity as two new protected categories into its ...

India’s caste system is a social class structure determined by birth. It originated over 2000 years ago and while it’s outlawed, the social hierarchy is still widely observed.

The untouchables’ hereditary position at the bottom of Indian society is thousands of years old and the caste system in turn gives others the right to discriminate them.