LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) - For a leader dubbed the "Untouchables Queen" who runs one of India's poorest states, it was indeed a birthday bash fit for royalty. Dressed in a diamond necklace and ...
Two journeys in Jammu, Punjab, and Rajasthan along the Indian side of the border with Pakistan in the early years of the 21st century brought this columnist face to face with Christians among ...
The notion that the British introduced India's rigid caste system is false. Eighteenth-century Indian rulers, Brahmins, and merchants actively enforced a deeply entrenched system of caste and ...
"Hinduism is nothing but a collection of castes. If caste is removed, there is no Hinduism. When someone converts to another religion, they are invited into that faith. Why do you refuse entry? If ...
PATNA, India (Reuters) - Authorities in eastern India are distributing free radio sets to lower-caste villagers so that they can listen to music and news after a hard day's work and improve their ...
More than six months after police in southern India dismissed the death of a pastor as a road accident, Christians in the ...