TO GO WITH: India-Vote-Caste, FOCUS Arunabh SAIKIA
In this photograph taken on May 6, 2024, a woman from an Indian marginalised community stands outside a house in Ayela village on the outskirts of Agra. More than two-thirds of India's 1.4 billion people are estimated to be on the lower rungs of a millennia-old social hierarchy that divides Hindus by function and social standing. Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has established itself as India's dominant political force with a different pitch: think of your religion first, and caste second. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP) / TO GO WITH: India-Vote-Caste, FOCUS Arunabh SAIKIA