A first-generation Christian from a Hindu background, Rethinam, who goes by one name, was the only member of her family to become a Christian after she was miraculously healed from a persistent ...

In the villages of Tamil Nadu and across India's urban parishes, a profound contradiction unfolds daily. "My faith teaches ...

Aleena, 29, is well known in the world of Malayalam poetry—her award-winning book, Silk Route, was published in 2021—but ...

Punjab has a long history of egalitarian beliefs as it nurtured Sikh and Sufi thoughts. However, it also has a very high ...

Caste Consciousness: The census heightened awareness of caste distinctions, fostering competition and conflict between groups ...

More than 240 million people in South Asia live a precarious existence, shunned by much of society because of their ranks as untouchables or Dalits at the bottom of a rigid caste system.

They belong to the lowest rung in the Hindu religion’s caste system and are typically ostracised ... and now form about 60 per cent of India’s Christian community. The Catholic Bishops ...

Muslim leaders in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara have apologized for displaying the flag of a banned Islamic group during a ...

At the same time, she also recognises the role played—or not—by churches across India that further perpetuate the caste system. “Endogamy in the Christian community, where people do not marry outside ...