A sign at a Dec. 8, 2006, hunger sit-in by Christian Dalits in New Delhi, India, displays the deep roots of the caste system in India. Dalits are low castes who perform menial jobs and are treated as ...

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.

A sign at a Dec. 8, 2006, hunger sit-in by Christian Dalits in New Delhi, India, displays the deep roots of the caste system in India. Dalits are low castes who perform menial jobs and are treated as ...

Church leaders and activists have criticized India’s Maharashtra state for threatening legal action against Dalit Christians, who allegedly benefited from India’s affirmative action program. Chief ...

Three Christians, including a pastor, were arrested this week in northern India under a controversial anti-conversion law for ...

Bengaluru: A Karnataka BJP delegation met Backward Classes Commission Chairman Madhusudan R. Naik on Tuesday and demanded the removal of the Christian tag assigned to Hindu castes in the ...

The Reserved Compartment is a community-driven platform that aims to amplify Dalit Ambedkarite voices through poetry, ...

*The plight of the Dalit people is the focus of the third edition of V.T. Rajshekar’s 1997 book “Dalit: The Black Untouchables of India.” Traditionally known as the “Untouchables,” Dalits are a ...

Madakasira MLA M.S. Raju has found himself at the centre of a controversy following his remarks linking the social progress of Dalits to the Constitution drafted by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar rather than to ...

Aleena S, Abhijit Khandkar, Daniel Sukumar, Shripad Sinnakaar, and Gautam Vegda — will take the stage this weekend at a ...