Ruth Manorama was 23 when she first began working with underprivileged communities in a small village in the southern Indian ...

Explore the forgotten legacy of Dasgaon, where a 1926 protest challenged social norms and paved the way for Dalit rights.

During the month of April, millions of Ambedkarites and caste-abolition allies celebrate Dalit History Month. Launched in 2015 by a collective of Dalit feminists, including Thenmozhi Soundararajan and ...

The Supreme Court recently ruled that only Dalit Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists are eligible for protections accorded to SCs under the Indian Constitution. The judgment overlooks the 'undesirable' ...

A sign at a Dec. 8, 2006, hunger sit-in by Christian Dalits in New Delhi, India, displays the deep roots of the caste system in India. Dalits are low castes who perform menial jobs and are treated as ...

Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani argued that there was a need to do a 'rethink' on shaping Dalit agitation in the state.

On Aug. 27, Pope Francis will create 21 new cardinals at a consistory at the Vatican. The new cardinals include the first Indian cardinal from the socially poor Dalit community – Archbishop Anthony ...

In India in the 1970s, the Dalit Panthers Movement, which challenged caste discrimination, published pocket-sized magazines to share anti-caste work — a defiant break away from the upper caste ...

The history of the Ambedkarite movement abroad has been well documented, sustained by activists, scholars and organic journalism. Ambedkar Times was conceived by Prem Chumber, later joined by Desh ...

Vikrant Bhise, "Quest of Existence of Being" (2023), acrylic on canvas, 72 x 120 inches (all images courtesy the artist and Anant Art Gallery) NOIDA, India — A pyramidal arrangement of one hundred ...