DURBAN, South Africa, Sept. 5 -- Growing up as an "untouchable" in southern India, Sanga Priya Pilliyar was forbidden to eat from the same plates or cups as her schoolmates from higher Hindu castes.
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New ‘Dalit’ Book Edition Exposes Struggle and Total Lack of Respect for India’s Black Untouchables | WATCH
*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 ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- The largest-ever study on the Dalits -- the so-called "untouchables" of India -- reveals widespread caste-based discrimination in every aspect of daily life, according to Christian ...
One of the few men who have risen from the malodorous sink which is below the lowest caste of India is Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, No. 1 Untouchable. This plump, cheery, bespectacled man of no caste, ...
Why B.R. Ambedkar, a Dalit himself, ultimately embraced Buddhism as the faith best for him and his community. Last month marked the 67th anniversary of India’s most famous Dalit’s conversion to ...
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