Corruption, caste keep poor from owning land in northern India

By Rina Chandran KACHHIDIH, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For decades, Kunta lived in a hut outside Kachhidih village in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state, enduring the insults of higher-caste villagers who claimed her land - which she did not legally own - for grazing cattle. She dreamed of owning just a small piece of land for her family who belong to the traditionally low-caste Dalit group. Six months ago, Kunta got her wish when the state allocated her family and eight others small