Narrating her story in first person, a little girl belonging to the Dalit community talks about the joy she feels when she ...

NEW DELHI, March 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India's lower-caste Dalits are increasingly asserting their claims over land so they can bury their dead, human rights activists said on Friday, as ...

Excerpted with permission from the publisher Dalit Women and the Fullness of Life: A Provocative Exploration Of Caste, Womanhood, Faith, Memory And Liberation, Christina Dhanuja, Penguin Viking, an ...

Kaushambi (UP), Oct 21 (PTI) A court here on Wednesday sentenced four men to life imprisonment for the 2009 kidnapping and murder of a Dalit woman, imposing a fine of Rs 1 ...

As a young girl growing up in Ajmer, a small town in the Western Indian state of Rajasthan, journalist and author, Yashica Dutt, 38, says that she was painfully aware of the many sacrifices her mother ...

A court in Kaushambi has sentenced four men to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1.31 lakh each for the 2009 ...

This April, Dalit History Month was once again celebrated by various educational institutions outside India, where special events were held to mark the occasion. Dalit History Month is closely ...

Darbhanga (Bihar), Jan 27 (PTI) A court here today convicted three persons for raping a Dalit girl and awarded them rigorous life imprisonment. Additional District and Sessions Judge-1 Ashok Kumar ...

Suraj Yengde grew up in a room similar in size to his office at the Harvard Kennedy School, about 100 square feet. But while the office is his own, he shared his childhood room with five others. His ...

Patna, Feb 7 (PTI) A special court here today awarded life sentence to eight persons for the murder of a dalit six year ago over a land dispute in Chhati village in rural Patna district. Special Court ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Protests disrupted business in India's financial hub of Mumbai for a second day on Wednesday as lower-caste Dalits pelted buses, blocked rail lines and shut malls after a clash with ...