In May, 2015, Sagar Shejwal, a young, male nursing student in the west Indian state of Maharashtra, was murdered by a group of men who’d overheard his ringtone... By Liesl Schwabe.

An Indian scholar makes the case that caste explains inequality in America better than race and class. By Subramanian Shankar.

In India, women of the lower castes are frequently victims of discrimination and rape by men of the higher ones. Photos by Sara Hylton.

For girls and women from the Perna caste, entering the sex trade is a normal next step after marriage and childbirth. By Maya Prabhu.