Explore the harrowing legacy of India's caste system, the struggles of Dalits, and the fight for change against centuries of ...

Scholars of caste—India’s longstanding, religiously-based system of social hierarchy—will gather ... while Dalits—previously known as “untouchables”—at the bottom performed menial work like street ...

H.R. Karnik, a caste-Hindu educator who served until recently as principal of the Siddharth College of Arts & Science, said that of the 300 ex-Untouchables a admitted each year in Arts ...

that their names not be mentioned — an unfortunate indicator of the volatility surrounding the issue of caste conflict in India. We would like to express our gratitude to the many Dalit men ...

The Untouchables” was a popularized expression when the movie came out about the Al Capone mob and the FBI agent, Elliot Ness ...

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.

Over the last month, Dalits (formerly untouchables) across India have ... according to police. What is India's caste system? Why are Dalits in Narendra Modi's India angry? "The men who suffered ...

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 ...

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 ...

with a scholar from the Dalit caste — the “untouchable” lowest tier of India’s caste system — telling Wilkerson he feels a kinship with them as well as Black people. The book “Caste ...