Page 2 - Dalits In India

As Bihar Assembly election gets nearer, Dalit politics gathers momentum

Dalits constitute nearly 16 per cent of the vote and 38 seats are reserved for them in the Assembly

An RSS Dalit's awakening

Book review of I Could Not Be a Hindu: The Story of a Dalit in the RSS

Ambedkar's shifting legacy

In his introduction, the author voices the Ambedkarite anger at Gandhi and communists

How Punjab's Dalits fight over a piece of land for dignity, not profit

In Punjab, upper castes, mostly Jat Sikhs, dominate the farming landscape. Only 3.5% of private farm land belongs to Dalits who make up 32% of the population

How the under-privileged in India went through the boom and crisis periods

Using available data for the 2004-05 to 2011-12 period, which will also form a base for the data that will be released soon, we look at the condition of SCs and STs in that period

Tell everyone we scalped you: Upper-caste men skin Dalit's head over turban

And now, according to crime statistics, the violence against dalits them is rising

Dalits constantly prosecuted in Modi's new India, tweets Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi shared a video on Twitter showing atrocities against Dalits, including the 2016 Una incident

How a Dalit's struggles highlight India's failure to deal with caste issues

Before Swapnil's first day in college could end, on July 19, 2016, he was dead as a consequence of an alleged romantic relationship with a 15-year-old girl in school

How a Brahmin vs Dalit vs Patidar office fight set streets of India on fire

Almost 30,000 files related to atrocities, harassment and service matters are pending with National Commission for Scheduled Castes

Beyond recent protests, have the lives of young Dalits in India changed?

Leaders like Jignesh Mevani and Chandrashekhar are stitching together a Dalit brotherhood, urging them to fight a common enemy