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A Hindu priest from a temple in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad made headlines for carrying a Dalit (formerly known as untouchable) man on his shoulders into the temple's inner sanctum.

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Gidla was the first Indian woman to be employed as a conductor on the New York City Subway The memoir of an Indian woman who was born a so-called untouchable and now works as a conductor on the ...