An Indian court has denied Christians of Dalit origin legal protections meant for lower caste people, saying a person who converted to Christianity cannot claim to be a member of a lower caste group.

Benchmarks reveal how artificial-intelligence systems reinforce discriminatory social hierarchies.

The top court in southern Indian Tamil Nadu state has ruled that persons marrying under the Christian personal law should be considered to have converted to Christianity and abandoned their ...

(RNS) — Many Buddhists today trace their social justice activism to the work of BR Ambedkar, the Indian caste abolitionist who once led a mass conversion of Dalits, or lower caste, to Buddhism. (RNS) ...

The Art of Living founder has put caste reconciliation on his public agenda. He organised the "Truth and Reconciliation" Conference in New Delhi to reconcile Dalits with upper caste Hindus and end ...

Why do people defend social systems that oppress them? Why do the marginalized sometimes work to uphold structures and arrangements that limit their potential? These questions are not just ...

In July 2024, 121 people were killed in a stampede in Hathras in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The stampede occurred during a religious congregation led by self-styled godman Narayan Sakar ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India will include caste details in its next census, in a move likely to have sweeping socio-economic and political ramifications for the world’s most populous country. Information ...