The documentary Dalit Subbaiah: Voice of the Rebels opens with the rituals of his passing, but very quickly, the singer returns to us. In the songs he left behind, in the laughter of his family, in ...

Curator Manu Kaur rooted the show, on view at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center, in Dalit Guru Ravidas’s vision of a stateless, casteless, and classless society. “My family is Ravidassia, and I wanted ...

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 ...

A rally in Kathmandu in 2022 demanding action against the killings. · In July 2016, 18-year-old Ajit Mijar and Kalpana Parajuli got married in a Kavre village. Parajuli’s family opposed the ...

In a file photo, members of the audience listen to a speaker at a rally organized by National Conference of Dalit Organizations in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2005. Dalits, who belong to the ...

The recent killing of a Dalit child for drinking water out of a pot meant for upper caste people lays bare the extreme discrimination, exclusion, and violence that Dalits suffer. An Indian woman holds ...

Shailaja Paik was born into India’s Dalit community — one of the millions who belong to historically marginalized and oppressed castes due to their professions. They’re so scorned that they were for ...

Christians across India set aside denominational differences to mark Dalit Liberation Sunday on Nov. 9, pledging solidarity with marginalized Dalit communities and renewing calls to end caste-based ...

Persistent caste discrimination holds believers from India’s most vulnerable community back. Prem Chand has led a church for Dalit and non-Dalit Christians in India’s most populous state of Uttar ...