Dalits

From Chamkila’s pop to Arivu’s rap, Dalit resistance gets wings through music

The ontology of Dalit life and movements has largely been explained and understood more easily in the musicals of vernacular language. One common thread that connects the music of anti-caste resistance and transcends the barriers of the language of different regions is the zeal to live a life with freedom with no bounds of caste.

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From Chamkila’s pop to Arivu’s rap, Dalit resistance gets wings through music

16 hours ago

Clear from BJP leaders' statements they want to 'snatch away' reservation, says Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi asserted that as long as the Congress is there, no power in the world can take away reservation from the deprived people.

22 hours ago

Clear from BJP leaders' statements they want to 'snatch away' reservation, says Rahul Gandhi

22 hours ago

Dalit farmers from Gujarat 'tricked' into buying electoral bonds worth Rs 11 cr: Report

A Welspun official allegedly scammed Dalit victims into investing in electoral bonds.

10 April 2024, 14:14 IST

Dalit farmers from Gujarat 'tricked' into buying electoral bonds worth Rs 11 cr: Report

10 April 2024, 14:14 IST

Kerala CM Vijayan accuses Centre of adopting hostile approach towards Dalits

Detailing various measures being implemented by his government for the upliftment of the children belonging to the backward sections, he accused the Centre of neglecting them.

24 February 2024, 09:18 IST

Kerala CM Vijayan accuses Centre of adopting hostile approach towards Dalits

24 February 2024, 09:18 IST

Are Dalits homogenous or heterogenous?

The 1911 census operations under the British was the first attempt to try and understand the factor of untouchability to enumerate a separate category of castes.

19 February 2024, 20:03 IST

Are Dalits homogenous or heterogenous?

19 February 2024, 20:03 IST

No place for Dalits, backwards, tribals in Modi's India: Rahul

'In every Rs 100 of the country's budget, the share of the two-thirds section of the population is merely Rs 6. The gross injustice being done to this section is making the country hollow from inside,' Rahul Gandhi said during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.

19 February 2024, 15:49 IST

No place for Dalits, backwards, tribals in Modi's India: Rahul

19 February 2024, 15:49 IST

Internal reservation for Dalits: Siddaramaiah govt recommends constitutional amendment, ball now in Centre's court

Playing it safe, the Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday decided to recommend to the Union government amending the Constitution to provide internal reservation for Dalits, a poll promise the ruling Congress has now lobbed to the Modi administration.

18 January 2024, 15:34 IST

Internal reservation for Dalits: Siddaramaiah govt recommends constitutional amendment, ball now in Centre's court

18 January 2024, 15:34 IST

Karnataka’s Dalit struggle in a vibrant play

'Panchama Pada', a play by Jangama Collective, uses real life accounts documented in a magazine and songs from the resistance movement.

12 January 2024, 23:42 IST

Karnataka’s Dalit struggle in a vibrant play

12 January 2024, 23:42 IST

Mayawati requests UP govt to shift BSP office to safe place, asks state to deal strictly with 'anti-Dalit' elements

The BSP chief said that this would also help the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government deal strictly with the anti-Dalit elements.

08 January 2024, 12:23 IST

Mayawati requests UP govt to shift BSP office to safe place, asks state to deal strictly with 'anti-Dalit' elements

08 January 2024, 12:23 IST

BJP sets eyes on Dalit voters through Ayodhya

That the saffron party sought to include Dalits in its Hindutva umbrella was evident during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Ayodhya, where he extensively reached out to the community.

05 January 2024, 13:35 IST

BJP sets eyes on Dalit voters through Ayodhya

05 January 2024, 13:35 IST