The slogan 'Jai Bhim' became a powerful symbol of Dalit empowerment in India, first raised at the Makranpur Parishad in 1938. Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar's influence helped cement its significance, as he ...

Untouchability is a correlate of the caste system, and Dalits are outcasts; they are not within the caste system. Dalits are a community of people who are segregated, who are suffering from exclusion, ...

The slogan, which also encapsulates the immense reverence in which Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is held, was first raised at the Makranpur Parishad, a conference organised at Makranpur village in Kannad ...

On December 6, 1956, Ambedkar, the primary drafter of the Indian Constitution, passed away.

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 ...

Christian leaders have welcomed a demand by a southern Indian state government to confer Scheduled Caste (SC) status on Dalit Christians under India’s affirmative action policy. On Jan. 9, Andhra ...

This special report focuses on political developments in Karnataka, where Dalit community members held protests demanding ...

Six men were arrested Thursday in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly raping and killing two teenage girls whose bodies were found hanging from a tree a day earlier. The 15- and ...

Over the past decade, the new normal has been an increasing decline in standards of judicial independence and integrity. As ...

Harvard University fellow Suraj Yengde discussed the importance of solidarity between Dalit and Black communities at a Thursday discussion. The event was hosted by the Comparative Literary Studies ...

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 ...

Anthony Poola, archbishop of Hyderabad, bends to kiss the gospel during Maundy Thursday service at St Joseph Cathedral Church in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, April 1, 2021. (Credit: Mahesh Kumar A./AP.