Our reality is far more complex and encompasses much more than the casteist gaze that fetishizes our pain and reduces our culture to our oppression. Dalit women like me are bound together by a sense ...

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 ...

Nepal, Feb. 17 -- As a candidate through the proportional representation, I am in the midst of electioneering in the ...

The statements made by senior Punjab Congress leaders Raja Warring and Pratap Singh Bajwa have triggered strong anger among ...

KATHMANDU, Feb 11: Dalit rights activists have announced a nationwide campaign to deny votes to candidates involved in ...

A new book gives readers a peek into the life and times of foremost Dalit thinkers, who tirelessly battled divisive forces all their lives and today act as a source of inspiration, not only to the ...

*The plight of the Dalit people is the focus of the third edition of V.T. Rajshekar’s 1997 book “Dalit: The Black Untouchables of India.” Traditionally known as the “Untouchables,” Dalits are a ...

Punjab politics has intensified as AAP accuses Congress of repeatedly insulting the Dalit community through derogatory remarks and threats. AAP's protests and strong demands for public apologies have ...

SAN JOSE - The California Civil Rights Department has voluntarily dismissed its case alleging caste discrimination against two Cisco engineers, while still keeping alive its litigation against the ...