A caste survey conducted in Telangana reveals that certain communities, such as Iyengers/Iyers, report the highest rates of inter-caste marriages, indicating a weakening of social barriers and ...

Inter-caste marriages indicate the weakening of social barriers and signal growing social mobility, especially in terms of ...

I am unable to call the murders done in the name of caste as either ‘honour or dishonour killings’. They are brutal pre-meditated murders. Such acts attract Section 101 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, ...

Rising violence against intercaste couples exposes caste patriarchy and weak state response. Can laws protect women’s choice ...

Ahmedabad: A 52-year-old Dalit man, Natu Parmar, was allegedly beaten to death near Jivraj Bridge in the Anandnagar area on ...

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 ...

A village in the Majitha constituency, Chachowali, has sparked a heated debate after its Panchayat reportedly passed a resolution imposing a social boycott on couples who choose to enter into love ...

A 33-year-old man in Gurugram allegedly committed suicide after an argument with his wife over her job in Mumbai. The man's ...

Here is what the survey broadly reveals about Telangana's population, from inequality level among castes to employment levels to number of women-led households.

The Supreme Court (the SC) in Chinthada Anand v. State of Andhra Pradesh reiterated the legal position that conversion to ...