Like Abraham Lincoln, the late Mahatma Gandhi believed that God loves the common man best. When Gandhi’s followers became the new rulers of India, the lowly untouchables, whom Gandhi had named the ...

The debates about caste and class in India go back many decades, but they remain relevant today, writes Steve Leigh in a review of a new book by Arundhati Roy. IN THE Doctor and the Saint, writer and ...

BHUBANESWAR: In a significant move, the state government on Tuesday asked all its departments and offices to not use the term ‘harijan’ and replace it with the Constitutional term ‘Scheduled Caste’ in ...

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government has directed all its departments, public and educational institutions, and other organizations to stop using the term 'harijan' in their communications, officials ...