India. From heart-wrenching romances to courtroom dramas, these stories reveal how caste still shapes lives and society.

*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 ...

A grandmother instead of a superhero and one curious little girl. This comic strip is serious business, says the author ...

Nepal, July 22 -- On July 15, 2025, the final round of a caste-based beauty pageant called "Mr and Miss Bishwakarma" took place in Kathmandu. It was the fourth annual event organised by a company of ...

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 ...

I am a historian of South Asia with particular interests in colonial and postcolonial India, racism and social exclusion, subaltern histories, and histories of democracy. My research focuses on Dalits ...

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 ...

A sign at a Dec. 8, 2006, hunger sit-in by Christian Dalits in New Delhi, India, displays the deep roots of the caste system in India. Dalits are low castes who perform menial jobs and are treated as ...

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 ...

KHAMGAON, India – Pork rinds. Dried squirrel. Spicy fish eggs. Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada is part anthology, part cookbook and part rebuke to readers, who may presume Indian food is largely ...