Throughout India, Dalits have converted to other faiths, notably Christianity, to escape the caste system. Most Christian converts are from the states of Goa and Tamil Nadu.

The non-Brahmin movement of Periyar mobilised backward classes politically, but appears to have done little to undermine ...

She tells her story in Coming Out As Dalit: A Memoir of Surviving India's Caste System, which was published in India in 2019 (and won a literary award). The book has now been released for the ...

Without the enforcement of laws, there isn’t change. The Indian caste system, a system where people are ranked based on their social class, was outlawed in 1950, but the hierarchy still exists ...

I wanted to document Dalit communities and understand why and how the discriminatory power structures of the caste system had thrived for so long. I wanted to cover the entire spectrum of social ...

The caste system is the world’s longest surviving social hierarchy, over 3,000-years-old. Dalits, formerly known as ‘untouchables’ or ‘outcastes’ are those who fall outside the four ...

Nepal, July 22 -- On July 15, 2025, the final round of a caste-based beauty pageant called "Mr and Miss Bishwakarma" took place in Kathmandu. It was the fourth annual event organised by a company ...

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated.

California regulators sued Cisco Systems, saying an engineer faced discrimination from other Indian workers because he is Dalit Indian. India's caste system puts Dalits at the bottom of a social ...

She tells her story in Coming Out As Dalit: A Memoir of Surviving India's Caste System, which was published in India in 2019 (and won a literary award).