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 ...

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 ...

The election two weeks ago of Mayawati, a member of India's oppressed Dalit castes, as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh (UP) shocked the country. The surprise wasn't her victory per se. Dalits (once ...

A new report produced by the apex court on the evolution of jurisprudence on caste shows that even within a rule-based ...

Twitter’s legal head has apologized after a recent picture of chief executive Jack Dorsey sparked outrage by touching on thousands of years of sectarian conflict in India. The uproar followed Indian ...

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 ...

Yesterday, we told you about a workplace discrimination lawsuit in California. Some tech employees say India's caste system has made its way into workplaces in Silicon Valley. Today, NPR's Lauren ...