Religious conversion or inter-caste marriage does not alter a person’s caste by birth, the Allahabad High Court has ruled, a decision Christian leaders say could strengthen the case of Dalit ...
The top court in southern Indian Tamil Nadu state has ruled that persons marrying under the Christian personal law should be considered to have converted to Christianity and abandoned their ...
FILE - Members of the audience listen to a speaker at a rally organized by National Conference of Dalit Organisations in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2005. Dalits, who belong to the lowest of ...
A viral debate on social media has reignited questions about whether China's Hukou household registration system functions ...
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 ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Caste is an ancient system of social ...