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.

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

She gives the example of BAPS, a prominent Hindu sect, which is facing a lawsuit in New Jersey accusing the organization of forcing hundreds of low-caste workers to labor at temple sites across ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

The promise of Dalit capitalism Political empowerment must be paired with fair economic representation Livemint Updated 5 Jan 2016, 10:47 PM IST ...

For example, a Dalit bridegroom and his wedding procession were pelted with stones on 2 November 2006 by members of upper castes in Bihajar village of Rajasthan state.