A 23-year-old Dalit house surgeon in Siddipet died by suicide after a senior doctor allegedly withdrew a marriage promise ...

From lynchings and social boycotts to a historic caste census decision, 2025 showed that caste continues to shape violence, ...

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Members of India's lowest Dalit caste are fighting against discrimination by posting "mustache selfies" on social media. The posts are in response to a string of violent incidents in which Dalits in ...

People from the lower rungs of India's strict social hierarchy say they're trapped doing jobs like cleaning sewers because of ...

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 ...

A relatively unknown political operator and member of India's lowest Dalit caste has been elected as the country's 14th president. A relatively unknown political operator and member of India's lowest ...

As a young girl growing up in Ajmer, a small town in the Western Indian state of Rajasthan, journalist and author, Yashica Dutt, 38, says that she was painfully aware of the many sacrifices her mother ...

NEW DELHINEW DELHI — The gang rape and death of a woman from the lowest rung of India’s caste system sparked outrage across the country on Wednesday, with several politicians and activists demanding ...

The deceased, who belonged to a poor family from Jogulamba-Gadwal district, studied in a social welfare school and later ...

A 23-year-old Dalit house surgeon at the Government Medical College in Siddipet district of Telangana allegedly died by ...