With Dalit Chief Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai retiring, India's top court will be down to one Dalit and one woman— with ...

Over the past decade, the new normal has been an increasing decline in standards of judicial independence and integrity. As ...

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Research into judgements from 1950 to 2025 suggests India's top court often reinforces caste hierarchies in language, even ...

Today, Periyar’s legacy continues to influence Tamil Nadu’s social landscape, driving higher female enrollment in education, ...

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 ...

Six individuals were sentenced to two-year imprisonment by a special court for preventing a Dalit woman from cooking at a ...

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 ...

Today, the most urgent transformation needed in many local contexts is the social conscience of various OBC groups, so that ...

KHAMGAON, India – Pork rinds. Dried squirrel. Spicy fish eggs. Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada is part anthology, part cookbook and part rebuke to readers, who may presume Indian food is largely ...