In a significant moment for India’s LGBTQ community ahead of Pride month, the Madras High Court on May 22 affirmed people can ...

Recently, government officials supervised the reopening of a parish church near Chennai, the state capital, 2,100 kilometers south ... and lower-caste people face widespread discrimination and ...

PRATIKSHA APURV portrays Krishna s Raas Leela in a colourful painting where the gopis and their beloved Gopala are dancing in gay abandonAmong all the gods and goddesses in ancient scriptures Krishna ...

On the council’s agenda, a caste discrimination resolution that would require the City of Anderson to both recognize and denounce the damage wrought by the caste system among some of its ... the ...

However, the reality in South ... rejects caste-based distinctions, social stratification among Indian Muslims has evolved. This is primarily due to the legacy of the Hindu caste system which ...

These bills were met with fierce opposition from the South Asian community, who remain divided on the issue. Several believe that this proposal unfairly targets Hindus because of the association of ...

Some even criticised filmmakers for misusing creative freedom to stoke hatred against Muslims ... South Asian Studies from the University of Oxford. He is a young researcher and anti-caste ...

“South Asians of all religions identify with caste,” the Hindu American Foundation reports. “Muslims ... System.” Mosse, David. “The Modernity of Caste and the Market Economy.” Modern ...

The postfix ‘ism’ refers to a philosophy or system ... the class- and caste-based identities of South Asian society remained intact among the non-Muslims as well as some Muslims.