Persistent caste discrimination holds believers from India’s most vulnerable community back. Prem Chand has led a church for Dalit and non-Dalit Christians in India’s most populous state of Uttar ...

*The plight of the Dalit people is the focus of the third edition of V.T. Rajshekar’s 1997 book “Dalit: The Black Untouchables of India.” Traditionally known as the “Untouchables,” Dalits are a ...

Anandhi and Rajesh say that it is painful to not perform the last rites for their son, but they are bearing it so that he can ...

None of those accused in the gang rape of a young woman in India who subsequently died from her injuries have been found guilty by a court, nearly three years after the brutal crime. The court in ...

On Aug. 27, Pope Francis will create 21 new cardinals at a consistory at the Vatican. The new cardinals include the first Indian cardinal from the socially poor Dalit community – Archbishop Anthony ...

The problem of casteism and caste discrimination against Dalits within the Catholic Church in India has existed for centuries. This issue has often been raised by Dalit Christians. But over the past ...

MUMBAI, India – India getting its first Dalit cardinal is a sign that “miracles can always happen,” according to one Dalit activist in the country. “It came to me as a shock and surprise, that Most ...

FILE PHOTO: People shout slogans as they attend a protest against what they say are attacks on India's low-caste Dalit community in Mumbai, India, August 12, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui As climate ...

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited his home town in Gujarat state to mark his birthday over the weekend, the national media focused on the detention ...

When Nitesh (name changed on request) immigrated to Michigan to work for a Fortune 500 company, he was unaware that caste prejudices would follow him from his hometown in southern India. The ...