I am unable to call the murders done in the name of caste as either ‘honour or dishonour killings’. They are brutal pre-meditated murders. Such acts attract Section 101 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, ...

Rising violence against intercaste couples exposes caste patriarchy and weak state response. Can laws protect women’s choice ...

Recent cases show how personal relationships trigger collective backlash, exposing enduring caste hierarchies and gendered control, particularly over women. Measures such as the return of parental ...

Religious conversion or inter-caste marriage does not alter a person’s caste by birth, the Allahabad High Court has ruled, a decision Christian leaders say could strengthen the case of Dalit ...

The Karnataka Assembly on Wednesday tabled a bill that seeks to curb caste-based discrimination and protect inter-caste couples amid concerns over caste killings and ostracism, The New Indian Express ...

Inter-Caste Marriage Scheme: In India inter caste marriages are still difficult to achieve due to several reasons, mostly social pressure, family pressure and financial challenges. To change the ...

When a close relative came of marriageable age, his parents enrolled him on a matrimonial phone application to arrange a suitable match (read: same caste), using technology to follow an ancient Indian ...

The top court in southern Indian Tamil Nadu state has ruled that persons marrying under the Christian personal law should be considered to have converted to Christianity and abandoned their ...

Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one’s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated. A move to outlaw ...

Why do people defend social systems that oppress them? Why do the marginalized sometimes work to uphold structures and arrangements that limit their potential? These questions are not just ...