The plight of the Dalit people is the focus of the third edition of V.T. Rajshekar’s 1997 book “Dalit: The Black Untouchables ...

While tracing the existence of untouchability in Indian social life, Suraj Milind Yengde's book unveils the caste-based ...

Taking inspiration from Black History Month, Dalit artists and activists fighting for caste abolition celebrate April as a month of resistance and pride. by Sadaf Padder April 28, 2023 May 1, 2023.

The Black Panther Party and Dalit Panthers were two revolutionary organizations that emerged in the mid-20th century, with a shared focus on the liberation of oppressed and marginalized communities.

Shailaja Paik faced prejudice because of her family's Dalit caste and her gender. As a historian she's written ground-breaking books on India's Dalits and is now a MacArthur 'genius grant' awardee.

Dalits, who account for about 20 percent of India’s population, in many cases remain stuck at the lowest rungs of society. Although India has made large strides in helping the poor, almost a ...

And so they did. Through an Emerging Curators Program with the Asian American Women Artists Association, Kaur curated Dalit Dreamlands: Towards an Anti-Caste Future, a multimedia exhibition ...

But at the same time, mimicking Black history month and force-fitting anti-caste narratives into a month-long ‘Dalit history’ recollection does more damage than good to anti-caste history.

If you look around the world at people of colour, religion, caste, sexuality or any of the marginalised communities, we are ...

There's a simple reason for that, says author Shahu Patole, a 62-year-old retired civil servant and a Dalit. "To upper-caste Hindus," Patole says, "we were not even humans.