It was the year 2000 that saw a new dawn . It was not merely a turn of the calendar . As the world reveled in the 2000th anniversary of Jesus Christ rsquo;s birth, the Indian Church joined the global ...

Caste – an outlawed hereditary hierarchy – has continued to shape Indian society in overt and subtle ways. But calls for a ...

Lawyers, journalists and other members of the country’s educated class say their jobs entitle them to special treatment on the road; ‘Rich brats’ ...

Christmas, the biggest festival in Christianity, is celebrated every year on December 25th to mark the birth of Jesus Christ. Christianity is the third-largest religion in India, after Hinduism ...

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.

The Himachal Pradesh government has amended its prison manual to eradicate caste-based discrimination. The amendments, directed by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh, ensure equality among prisoners, ...