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 the memories held by his community ...

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 ...

With the ‘Dalit Subbaiah Kalakkarargalin Kural’ documentary selected for screening at the Oscar Academy, Mumbai’s ...

Rawat Ramnarayan, associate professor of history, has co-edited Dalit Journeys for Dignity (Orient Black Swan, 2025). The book focuses on the theme of Dalit struggles for dignity in India. It begins ...

Research into judgements from 1950 to 2025 suggests India's top court often reinforces caste hierarchies in language, even while upholding Dalit rights.

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 ...

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 ...