Dalits

The Brahmin Files: Why atrocities on Brahmins remain one of the best-kept secrets in independent India

From Maharashtra where Brahmins were killed and their homes and hearths selectively destroyed after Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination, to Tamil Nadu where being a Brahmin became a challenge post DMK victory in 1967 — the list is long and disturbing

Uttar Pradesh Assembly election results 2022: BSP ends with one seat, and about 13% vote share

However, the BSP has managed to secure the third-highest vote share by bagging 12.9 per cent of the total votes polled in the state elections, according to the Election Commission figures.

Uttar Pradesh Assembly election results 2022: From 206 in 2007 to 1 in 2022, how Mayawati’s star has fallen

The BSP has put up its worst performance to date, with winning just one seat. The once powerful and first female Dalit chief minister now faces an existential crisis

Karnataka polls: Kannadigas richer than Indian average but poorer than neighbours Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala

While Karnataka does better than the national average on social justice indicators for Dalits & Adivasis, it still lags its neighbours in terms of poverty.

Why 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections may mark the end of Mayawati’s illustrious political career

Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party seem to have reached a point of terminal decline from where a political comeback appears highly improbable

Behenji’s canny card in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, or is she being arm twisted?

Surveys are giving the BSP anywhere between 15 and 20 seats. So why is Mayawati still relevant in Uttar Pradesh?

UP Assembly elections: BJP minister and 4 MLAs’ exit from party puts spotlight on caste equations in the state

OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya, along with MLAs Brijesh Prajapati, Roshan Lal Varma, Vinay Shakya and Bhagwati Sagar, delivered a jolt to the BJP when they announced they were quitting the saffron party ahead of the upcoming elections

Kerala temple lifts centuries old ban that denied entry to Dalits

The scheduled caste people in the locality are not ready to openly challenge the discriminatory practices as some fear that it will 'provoke' the deity, others fear the local residents

200 Halla Ho movie review: Amol Palekar returns in a startling, unevenly recounted true-life tale of Dalit rebellion

It is revealing that this rare contemporary Hindi film foregrounding Dalits, including Dalit women, is not about believable triumphs, but a believe-it-or-not, eye-popping revenge saga. Still, in a Bollywood that usually erases the community, this is a significant film.

RSS strong supporter of reservation, it should continue as long as inequality exists, says Dattatreya Hosabale

Underlining that the history of India would be "incomplete" without the history of Dalits, Hosabale said they have been at the forefront of social change