Drawing on the Indian churches’ experience of disunity around casteism, churches around the world are celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
Tens of thousands of marchers converging on the Indian capital Delhi in pursuit of land reform called off their protest following Government agreement to their demands.
Naming caste-based discrimination as "sin, apostasy and rebellion against God", Indian churches have committed to being "zero tolerance zones" for casteism.
Church groups have hailed the report of an Indian federal commission recommending an end to decades of religion-based discrimination which excluded Christian and Muslim Dalits from affirmative action legislation.