By S Harikrishnan On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that India would go into lockdown for three weeks to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The aim is to minimize contact between people as experts have established that “social distancing” is the most effective way to contain the spread ofContinue Reading

The “dam is bursting” on India’s discriminatory caste system, says Bishop Joseph D’souza, who told The Christian Post that the demise of India’s prejudiced social order could likely come during his lifetime. For centuries, India has been entrenched in an unjust social construct that has discriminated against the lowest andContinue Reading

Christian-dominated Mizoram – 87 percent of the population is Christian – has the most inter-caste marriages in India, a nation where 95 percent of Indians marry within their caste, according to a 2016 report from the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), a New Delhi-based think-tank. Meghalaya and SikkimContinue Reading