For example, in 2013, in Khara, a remote Rukum village, the upper caste village secretary used the budget meant for Dalits for local road construction. He claimed Dalits along with non-dalits used the ...

But subjugation of Dalits is far from the only example of caste discrimination. It happens between all castes, higher and lower.

Dalits are the fifth—and outcast—caste. This may not be seen in the ordinary course of daily life; Dalits can now own land, for example. But when it comes to marriage, the lines are drawn hard and ...

It found, for example, that in 91% of villages Dalits were not allowed in non-Dalit temples, and in 98% of them non-Dalits would not serve tea to Dalits in their homes.

More cases are coming to light. A major 2020 lawsuit against Cisco Systems, for example, alleged caste-based discrimination against a Dalit engineer by two dominant-caste managers.

Addressing the participants, Father Cosmon Arockiaraj, former secretary to the CBCI office for Dalits and backward classes, said “the Dalit rite in the Catholic Church would nurture the Indian Church.

About 500,000 Dalits are concentrated in southern coastal Bangladesh. Thousands have become Christians to escape social oppression. (Photo: Stephan Uttom/UCA News) Transformation Shyamuyel Mondol, 26, ...

According to an article written by K Purushotham, Professor, Kakatiya University, Dalit narrative in Telugu literature can be traced back to 300 years even though it wasn’t known by the same ...

Dalit people — along with Adivasis, indigenous tribal Indians who are also socially and economically marginalised — make up approximately 25 percent of India’s population.

This is unique. Dalits have rarely been a rallying point of mainstream electoral discussion through the anti-caste lens and constitutional framework of representation as is happening now.