BJP President Amit Shah with Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje having lunch at Dalit Family during his three day visit in Jaipur.
BJP President Amit Shah with Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje having lunch at Dalit Family during his three day visit in Jaipur.
Protesters burn a tyre to block a road during a protest rally against the alleged rape of four tribal girls at Raiganj in North Dinajpur ditrict of West Bengal.
For all the tension, inter-faith amity exists on ground
Police using water cannon to disperse members of Dalit community during their protest at the Jantar Mantar, after they raised their voice against the caste-based violence in Sahara...
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines Piyush Goyal offers food to a kid while having his meal at the house of dalit famil...
Dalits at the May 21 Bheem Sena rally on Jantar Mantar
Bheem Army founder Chandrashekhar Azad in New Delhi
People from dalit community hold a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
People from dalit community hold a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
People from dalit community hold a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.
Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch protests at Jantar Mantar against the attack on dalits in Saharanpur, in New Delhi.
This jumbo concert in 2012 made it to the Limca Book of Records
Dr B.R. Ambedkar
Dalit activist Jignesh along with supporters stop a train at Ahmedabad Railway Station, in Ahmedabad.
The 1968 Kilvenmani killings stand as reminders.
Powerful middle castes have always been brutal in their social assertion. The 1997 anti-Dalit violence in Karisalkulam
Ambedkar with Dalit women, ahead of the 1942 Nagpur national convention of Dalits
Police detain people of Dalit community after they blocked the traffic during a protest, in Ahmedabad.
Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress party general secretary C.P. Joshi, senior Congress leader Shakil Ahmad and Bihar state Congress president Ashok Chou...
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The resignation of BSP chief Mayawati from Rajya Sabha has evoked mixed response from different political parties in UP, w
A day after the BSP chief quit as a member of the House, saying she was not allowed to speak on dalit issue. The Depu
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan on Tuesday advised Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati not to resign from
A group of Dalit girls were allegedly denied entry into a temple at Mehlol village in Panchmahals district by the priest a
Former IPS officer S.R. Darapuri, who was yesterday arrested with eight associates in Lucknow, said that he and his mates
A local Dalit BJP leader on Thursday hacked to death by unidentified men at a roadside eatery here, police said.
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The Congress today spurned the BJP's appeal for consensus on its choice for president and said the opposition would take a
Ram Nath Kovind will make an exceptional president and continue to be a strong voice for the poor, downtrodden and margina
Hundreds of Bhim Army activists protested in Charthawal town of the district demanding the release of the Dalit outfit's c
As part of the party's Dalit outreach, BJP's top brass has asked Union ministers and senior functionaries to have a meal a
Apna Dal (S)
Mathura (UP), Jun 6 (PTI) Ruling NDA constituent Apna Dal (S) today claimed there was an "exodus" of pe
Hisar (Hr), Jan 31 (PTI) Four persons were arrested today in connection with the alleged attack on Dalits in Mirchpur vill
Hisar (Har), Jan 31 (PTI) Nine Dalits were injured when nearly 20 persons allegedly attacked them following some argument
Lucknow, Jan 30 (PTI) Charging BJP with having an anti- reservation mindset, BSP president Mayawati today said her party w
New Delhi, Jan 25 (PTI) The Yogendra Yadav-led Swaraj India today alleged that the AAP government's budgetary allotment fo
Jaithirth Rao in the Indian Express:
Professor Sheldon Pollock has just announced scholarships for Dalit students who wish to study Sanskrit at Columbia University. This is indeed welcome news. The tragedy is that this initiative is not being undertaken in India, the home of Sanskrit as well as Dalits. It is revealing to note what Professor Saroja Bhate of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute in Pune has to say: “I congratulate Professor Pollock for doing this. This is exactly what I would have done and would do in future if I have the resources.” The question we need to ask is why Professor Bhate does not have the resources. We spend crores and crores casually on conferences, commissions and committees of which we have lost count, but there is no money in Pune for pursuing Sanskrit studies or encouraging Dalits.
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