The violence in Bihar’s Nawada district in which over 30 houses in a Mahadalit neighbourhood were torched has surprised many as the majority of the accused are also Dalits. The victims at the Krishna ...

Around two dozen houses belonging to members of the Dalit community were set ablaze in the Nawada region of Bihar on Thursday. The incident has sparked widespread condemnation with Opposition ...

"We are victims of violence because we are poor, lower caste and women, so looked down upon by all," a Dalit woman told researcher Jayshree Mangubhai some years ago. "There is no one to help or ...

A Church delegation has urged a federal government-appointed panel to extend India’s affirmative action benefits to socially poor Dalit Christians, whose ancestors were considered untouchable in the ...