Browse Dalits

16 Nov 2022 3 minute read

Nilanjana Bhowmick's thoughts on the long shadow of caste.

9 Jan 2018 4 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

Ravali Medari was moved to take up political activism alongside her academic work. Meena Kandasamy looks at...

15 Dec 2017 3 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

India witnesses more attacks to minorities and the public seems not to care. By Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

3 Nov 2017 3 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

A millennia-old blot on Hinduism was overturned in Kerala, writes Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

18 Aug 2016 3 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

There has never been such a concerted show of Dalit strength, Mari Marcel Thekaekara reports.

22 Oct 2015 3 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

Another day, another Dalit death. We must hang our heads in shame, writes Mari Marcel Thekaekara.

26 Apr 2013 3 minute read

This article is more than ten years old.

Mari Marcel Thekaekara congratulates the country’s Dalit community on finally winning legal protection...

28 Oct 2009 5 minute read

This article is more than 13 years old.

Children of safai karmacharis (people engaged in sanitation work) in Gujarat are being forced by teachers to clean toilets and...

1 Aug 2003 7 minute read

This article is almost 20 years old.

Julian Silverman, explains how Dalit communities in India use music to subvert the caste system.