All those who have been nudged to the margins by the Covid-19 lockdown are invariably Dalit
29 Apr 2020 12:40 AM
Since the passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act several Dalit organisations have come out terming the Act as being discriminatory.
22 Dec 2019 6:14 AM
The biggest strength of the dalit community is its numerical strength.
05 Dec 2019 7:21 AM
The practice may have subsided after the controversy came out into the open, but the deep-rooted prejudices in society remain.
02 Sep 2019 12:08 AM
The dalit situation is an aspect of caste, and caste-based crimes have registered a 25 per cent rise since 2016.
27 Aug 2019 12:00 AM
BJP govt first messes with Ravidas temple which is a symbol of the cultural heritage of crores of Dalits,' Priyanka tweeted.
22 Aug 2019 10:43 AM
She urged the Centre and the state governments to provide employment to these sections by filling the vacant quota seats.
18 Aug 2019 4:44 PM
The priest refused to allow them to take water from a hand-pump inside the temple and closed the door.
29 Jul 2019 2:23 PM
Urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene Aparna Sen said it has nothing to do with party or politics.
25 Jul 2019 8:37 AM
The police took action after a video of the incident went viral on social media on Monday.
04 Jun 2019 4:37 PM
Police told the Bombay HC that activists arrested in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence and Maoist links were mobilising Dalits.
13 Mar 2019 4:40 PM
It’s true conversion was a gateway to a better life, free of the yoke of casteism.
16 Dec 2018 12:10 AM
The task of forging an overarching identity transcending the amalgam that develops through such superimposition therefore becomes even more difficult.
25 Nov 2018 1:05 AM
Upper caste students claim dalits raise objection to their morning ‘puja’.
06 Oct 2018 12:14 AM
Azad calls himself “Ravan”, to identify with those aspects of our culture that others may see as repulsive.
16 Sep 2018 12:05 AM
The 22.5 per cent reservation for SCs should also be divided into three categories— Dalits, more Dalits and most Dalits, he said.
12 Sep 2018 5:41 AM
“We will not do anything that will dent BJP’s prospects but if we contest, we can dent the BSP’s vote bank here”, he said.
08 Sep 2018 12:46 AM
The BSP is compiling incidents of atrocities on Dalits that have taken place in the BJP regime.
04 Sep 2018 6:09 AM
The order comes after the Bombay High Court asked the ministry to consider issuing a direction to media to stop using the word ‘dalit’.
04 Sep 2018 5:28 AM
Visual anthropologist Rajyashri Goody’s photo exhibition explores the socio-political connotation of food consumption.
08 Aug 2018 12:22 AM