The power of an analogy is twofold: it can make something relatable, or it can completely turn upside down all of our preconceived notions. Isabel Wilkerson seeks to do the latter in her most recent ...

The streets of Chennai, formerly Madras, India's fourth largest city, are jammed with bikes, buses, trucks and cars, all careening in and out and around each other, honking incessantly and largely to ...

In 1995, I was on research leave at United Theological College in Bangalore, India. There I met a Christian student by the name of Johnson Roosevelt Petta. Christian Indians usually have biblical ...

Pope Francis has canonized Devasahayam, a convert from upper caste Hinduism to Christianity. An 18th-century Indian Christian who devoted his life to speaking out against the caste system has become ...

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 ...

A socio-economic survey initiated by Karnataka state in southern India has become controversial after the state prevented Christians from entering their caste, following opposition from Hindu groups.

Bengaluru: Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has cautioned Chief Minister Siddaramaiah against including Christian identifiers with caste names like 'Kumbara Christian', 'Kuruba Christian' in the ...