The Indian caste system dictates the course of an individual's life — their profession, social circle, and sense of self. It ...

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.

Jaipur: Shahu Patole, author of Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada talks about how in her village “seven castes till the same earth ...

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 ...

Ramesh Baghel’s almost month-long legal battle this January to bury the body of his dead father in their village graveyard is ...

Banning booze in Bihar has empowered gangs and illicit markets in an echo of the 1920s. Here's what went wrong ...

Guru Ravidass, one of the most famous so-called untouchable sages of the 15th-16th century, articulated an alternative genre ...

For many years now, Dalit and tribal rights advocacy groups have been analysing the Union Budget from the standpoint of their communities: Does the Budget meet the specific needs of Dalits and tribals ...

New Delhi: Dalit, backward and tribal communities have been the biggest beneficiaries of various government initiatives, President Droupadi Murmu said Friday amid a heated political debate on social ...

New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has said that the Congress did not fight for the rights of Dalits, backward castes, and adivasis with as much zeal post the 1990s—a period ...

The Supreme Court last week upheld a 2023 order of the Bombay high court, directing the Nagpur collector to assess the quantum of damage suffered by Dalit researchers, Kshipra Uke and Shiv Shankar ...