India's medieval caste system has claimed the lives of an "untouchable" mother and her newborn baby after high-caste doctors refused to treat her. The sad case of the young mother - who died a day ...

Lodged on the map between China and India, the two emerging economic titans, you'll find the tiny, landlocked country of Nepal. While its prospering neighbours dominate headlines, Nepal is a country ...

Across India this month, thousands of Hindus from the former Untouchable castes are converting to Buddhism in protest at the continuing discrimination they face. Mass conversion ceremonies are being ...

An Indian untouchable who tried to use hand pump during a heatwave was brutally beaten to death for breaking strict caste rules. Mohan Paswan, in his late 40s, was lynched in Parhuti village in Bihar ...

The caste system may be outlawed in India, but legislation is poorly implemented, and the country’s 200 million Dalits continue to suffer appalling forms of discrimination, writes Rikke Nohrlind. For ...

India's centuries-old controversy over caste and discrimination brought parts of Delhi to a halt yesterday as thousands of members of an ethnic group demanded that their official status be lowered in ...

Today's Google Doodle celebrates the 124th birthday of Indian politician and economist B. R. Ambedkar, who fought for the rights of the country's so-called 'untouchables'. Popularly known as Babasaheb ...

Polamma carefully descends the 250 steps from the hilltop slum where she lives in southern India to walk one kilometer to the nearest grocery store. She is nine months pregnant and has four children ...