FINDING MY RELIGION / Dharmachari Kumarjeev and millions of other Indian untouchables ...

Untouchables, also known as dalits, occupy the bottom rung of India's hierarchical Hindu caste system and are largely relegated to its dirtiest jobs, such as cleaning latrines and tanning animal ...

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 ...

India’s caste system was officially abolished in 1950, but the 2,000-year-old social hierarchy imposed on people by birth still exists in many aspects of life.

Yes, the system that forced so-called “untouchables” to clean public toilets was outlawed; yes, the importance of one’s caste was eroding as India grew more middle class, especially in the ...

The attack in the Indian state of Gujarat, the home base of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ignited widespread revulsion — and even rumblings of a rebellion against India's Hindu caste system ...

Gidla comes from a line of Christian “untouchables” in southern India who are at the bottom of India’s caste-defined social system; by recounting the experiences of her mother and uncles ...

The Caste Formerly Known As 'Untouchables' Demands A New Role In India. The public beating of four men from the bottom rung of India's social hierarchy has led to calls for an end to the caste system.

The Untouchables of India: The Millions Without Hope. Posted: January 21, 2025 | Last updated: January 21, 2025. Explore the harrowing legacy of India's caste system, ...

Ashley Montagu (1942) and Gunnar Myrdal (1944) wrote books about our caste system. Bhimrao Ambedkar, an Indian untouchable who came to America to study economics in 1913, wrote about this.

India’s caste system was officially abolished in 1950, but the 2,000-year-old social hierarchy imposed on people by birth still exists in many aspects of life.