Dalits are the class of people formerly known as “Untouchables” in the Hindu religion, which are the lowest class. Under India’s national constitution they are given special rights and protection.

Explore the harrowing legacy of India's caste system, the struggles of Dalits, and the fight for change against centuries of oppression. A powerful story of resilience and hope against systemic ...

More than 240 million people in South Asia live a precarious existence, shunned by much of society because of their ranks as untouchables or Dalits at the bottom of a rigid caste system.

India, the world’s largest democracy, finds itself threatened by the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party and its ideological ...

Indian communist parties have often failed in weaving Indian identities into the language of left politics; Dalit or lower caste identities, gender-based identities, tribal identities are prominent ...

My research focuses on Dalits (‘untouchables’) of India and their engagement with colonialism, nationalism, spatial and social exclusionary regimes, and democratic thought and practice in modern India ...

There was a time when the ancestors of the present day Untouchables were not Untouchables vis-a-vis the villagers but were merely Broken Men, no more and no less, and the only difference between ...

Participation and control of Dalits, backwards and tribals is key, he says at the 130th birth anniversary of freedom fighter, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Jayesh Solanki was killed allegedly for watching a dance performance A Dalit (formerly untouchable) man was beaten to death in the western Indian state of Gujarat allegedly for watching people ...