The impact was felt as far away as India, where most major media outlets reported the incident, and India’s External Affairs ...

India’s caste system – which saw at the bottom the Dalit people (untouchables) who were considered so low as to be outside its rigid classifications – was officially dismantled in 1947.

Dalits – or “untouchables” – are known as Scheduled Castes in India. They belong to the lowest rung in the Hindu religion’s caste system and are typically ostracised and made to do ...

The Indian caste system is the most widely cited and one ... sometimes referred to as the “untouchables.” They perform work that’s considered undignified or “befouling” and this may ...

The word Dalit means "trampled upon" in Sanskrit and refers to all groups once considered untouchable and outside the four-tier Hindu caste system. Government data shows 201 million of India's 1.2 ...

The caste system, developed in India, divides people into separate ... offered legal protection to 400,000 Dalits - so-called "untouchables" - who lived in the UK and faced discrimination in ...

is haunted by the deep scars of the caste system. Rajeev explains, “The Theyyam art form has a fascinating history. Over 500 years old, it emerged when the lower castes, the untouchables ...

Kochu fought the caste Hindu feudal system prevalent in his village in ... the Buddhist legacies of the untouchables as pioneered by Ambedkar and his keen critique of language, literature and ...