Discrimination based on birth was outlawed in India in 1950 but the legacy of the caste system continues to be felt around ...

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A growing connection between Hindutva and far-right in the West shows how modern fascism adapts beyond racial boundaries ...

Sixty-one percent of respondents in India Today's inaugural Gross Domestic Behaviour survey opposed interfaith marriages, ...

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The trailer of the upcoming film ‘Phule’, based on the life of social reformer Mahatma Jyotirao Phule and Savitribai Phule ...

Documentary-maker Sandhya Suri’s remarkable feature debut​ pitches a new female cop into a ​complex rural murder case ‘A ...

Unusual protest at Koyikkal Sri Dharmasastha temple as SNDP Yogam members defy tradition by wearing shirts inside.