Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A census official collects information from a household in Bonda, on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, during the 2011 national ...

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated. A move to outlaw ...

Shivi Dikshit shoots Instagram Reels at home for her 150,000 followers Young women in small towns and villages across India are proudly trumpeting their caste identities on Instagram, making it the ...

When a 2012 poll asked members of the public to name the “Greatest Indian” of all time, 20 million people voted for a top 10 that includes iconic names like Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Sachin ...

The story so far: The Supreme Court of India ruled on Tuesday (March 24, 2026) that a Pastor from the Madiga community in Andhra Pradesh could not claim to be a member of a Scheduled Caste as he had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Origin, the latest film from acclaimed director Ava DuVernay (Selma, When They See Us), depicts marginalisation as a thread that ...

In its ‘2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices’ to the US Congress, the Department of State found India wanting in more than a dozen significant human rights issues. These issues include ...

Once the butt of others’ standup routines, comics from the lowest social strata are turning the tables, with humour as their weapon On a wooden chair on a makeshift stage at Cat Café Studio, standup ...

The US states of Colorado and Michigan recently declared 14 April as Dr BR Ambedkar Equity Day. Days before that, Canada's British Columbia province also declared April as Dalit History Month.

For millions across India, a rigid caste system thousands of years old still dictates much of daily life – from social circles to dating pools to job opportunities and schooling. The Indian government ...

India's caste system is among the world's oldest forms of surviving social stratification. The BBC explains its complexities. The system which divides Hindus into rigid hierarchical groups based on ...