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 ...

Artisans who make Kolhapuri sandals are demanding better recognition after Prada failed to acknowledge design roots.

More than a 19th-century actress, Binodini Dasi was a woman who dared to write her life in ink, on her own terms. Her memoir ...

DALLAS, TX – Rep. Brandon Gill, a Republican congressman from Texas’s 26th District and a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, is facing backlash over an inflammatory tweet criticizing an Indian ...

SACRAMENTO, CA – A bill seeking to ban caste discrimination in California was unanimously passed by the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee on April 25, amidst strong opposition from Indian ...

The Gita challenges caste by promoting inner qualities over birth, urging liberation from all social identities ...

Long before the British began counting castes, a Rajput kingdom in Rajasthan quietly did it first — not to classify people, ...