Two journeys in Jammu, Punjab, and Rajasthan along the Indian side of the border with Pakistan in the early years of the 21st century brought this columnist face to face with Christians among ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded the contributions of Arya Samaj founder Swami Dayanand Saraswati and said the social reformer rejected caste-based discrimination and untouchability, ...

The Prime Minister was speaking at the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day) celebrations at Ekta Nagar in Gujarat’s ...

*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 ...

When tribal artist Durgabai Vyam was asked by a publisher to draw for a graphic book about caste untouchability in India, she leafed through the celebrated titles laid out in front of her -- books by ...

In New Delhi one morning last week, a plump, bespectacled little man in a conspicuously Western suit rose before India’s bored Constituent Assembly. Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Law Minister and ...

MUMBAI, India – Dalit Catholics of the Kottapalayam village in the Kumbakonam Diocese of the India state of Tamil Nadu organised a hunger strike near the district collector’s office on July 21, ...

Sandhya Suri’s acclaimed drama was meant to be out on Lionsgate Play on October 15 – until it was taken off the list.