SHABBIRPUR, India — India is witnessing its first-ever election contest between candidates from the lowest Hindu caste for the country's highest post, the presidency. But one need not travel very far from the capital to get a sense of just how emancipated India's most oppressed really are. The violence erupted in May after Jatavs, a Dalit sub-caste, objected to a rally by upper-caste Thakurs to honour Maharana Pratap, a medieval king. Only a small percentage of India's 200 million Dalits have posts of power or affluence in the country of 1.3 billion. They face violence and discrimination borne of caste bias, particularly in rural areas.

Source: The China Post July 14, 2017 16:52 UTC