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 ...
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 ...
More than six months after police in southern India dismissed the death of a pastor as a road accident, Christians in the ...
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 ...
A Karnataka BJP delegation met Backward Classes Commission Chairman Madhusudan R. Naik on Tuesday and demanded the removal o ...
Last month we enjoyed a visit from our Indian friend Johnson Roosevelt Petta. Most Christian Indians (28 million strong), avoiding everything Hindu, have biblical names, but Johnson’s family obviously ...
*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 ...
Praveen Pagadala’s passing comes amid an increase in violence against Christians in a region long tolerant of the faith. Last March, local residents found well-known Christian apologist Praveen ...
The Global Ayyappa Sangamam has trapped Keralites in a binary choice: a Brahmanised Left version of Ayyappa or a Brahmanised ...