During the month of April, millions of Ambedkarites and caste-abolition allies celebrate Dalit History Month. Launched in 2015 by a collective of Dalit feminists, including Thenmozhi Soundararajan and ...

There are many definitions of history. But for me, as an artist, dreamer, and an unapologetic Ambedkarite, history has often been a crime scene — a place of distortion, manipulation, and theft. What ...

VICTORIA (IANS) – In a historic move, the New Democratic Party (NDP) government in Canada’s British Columbia province has recognized Apr. as the Dalit History Month. Responding to an application moved ...

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 ...

Since April 1, Instagram almost feels like a research journal of Dalit history. Dalit/Ambedkarite and Bahujan artists have been posting their own anti-caste work, as well as that of their peers. All ...

New Delhi: A verdict awaited at the India International Centre on 24 April as academicians Yagati Chinna Rao and Raj Sekhar Basu placed the volume, Identity, Conflict, and Counter-narratives: Dalit ...

At the Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters, writer and critic B. Jayamohan delivered a stark re-examination of E.V.

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 ...

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 ...

As April is both Dalit History Month and Poetry Month, we bring you a fantastic spotlight of a brand new exhibition that just opened up right here in Oakland called Dalit Dreamlands. Anika Nawar Ullah ...

A 28 year old woman from India’s socially backward Dalit community has made history by becoming the youngest mayor in India’s fourth-largest city. Priya Rajan, a postgraduate in commerce, was named ...