In New Delhi one morning last week, a plump, bespectacled little man in a conspicuously Western suit rose before India’s bored Constituent Assembly. Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Law Minister and ...

The recent killing of a Dalit child for drinking water out of a pot meant for upper caste people lays bare the extreme discrimination, exclusion, and violence that Dalits suffer. An Indian woman holds ...

Caste — one of the oldest systems of exclusion in the world — is thriving. Despite the ban on Untouchability 70 years ago, caste impacts 1.9 billion people in the world. Every 15 minutes, a crime is ...

The Supreme Court of India granted a final opportunity on Tuesday for states and union territories to comply with its directives to eradicate caste discrimination within prisons. This development ...

The British call him C. R. because their tongues go all sticky over foreign names, especially foreign names like Chakravarti Rajagopalachariar. C. R. emerged last week as probably the third most ...

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad will organise a ‘Samrasta Yatra’ in Mumbai against untouchability with an aim to secure Sanatan Dharma and the country. The yatra will be held from January 9 to 12 covering ...