an organization founded by young Dalits in 1972 to evoke ideas of blackness and black power for representing Dalit politics, took out a march on Mumbai's streets. The march was called the Black ...

Friday, August 15, will be a black day for dalits in Tamil Nadu -- at least, that's how nearly half the dalit organisations there want it. Following the 'moderate' success of the dalit procession ...

The photograph is part of a black-and-white series titled "Broken" by Asha Thadani, who has been chronicling the lives of Dalits for seven years. India's 200 million Dalits find themselves among ...

Over the last month, Dalits (formerly untouchables) across India have been threatened, beaten and killed for seemingly mundane reasons, highlighting again how vulnerable the community is.

Chennai: VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan has called for consolidation of dalit and minority votes to defeat BJP. In a statement on Sunday, Thirumavalavan elaborated the reasons for the defeat of ...

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.