The release of a Bollywood film chronicling the lives of two 19th-century anti-caste reformers in India has been delayed following protests from upper caste groups who have accused it of defaming ...

Over the last 40 years, as millions of Indians have immigrated to the U.S., many for tech jobs, they’ve brought their caste system with them. The ancient Indian caste system has four tiers with ...

President Donald Trump's trade adviser Peter Navarro recently made a snide remark amid the ongoing trade war and said Brahmins are making profits as India continues to buy oil from Russia. A major row ...

If we stand next to one another, Thenmozhi Soundararajan and I look alike. We both have Indian immigrant roots and are the products of marriages between Hindu fathers and Christian mothers. We share ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Caste is an ancient system of social ...

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 ...

FILE - Members of the audience listen to a speaker at a rally organized by National Conference of Dalit Organisations in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2005. Dalits, who belong to the lowest of ...