“Dalit” is a designated name for a group of communities in India who were historically considered to be “untouchables” as they either held jobs that were considered to be very menial in Indian society ...

Jaipur: A 29-year-old dalit man was allegedly beaten to death in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district over his love affair. Police said that the man was in a relationship with the wife of one of the ...

A mob of at least 13 people brutally beat up a lower caste man with sticks in the South Indian state of Karnataka allegedly because he touched a scooter belonging to an upper-caste man. The incident, ...

To mark India’s 70th year of independence on August 15 2016, the prime minister addressed the nation from the ramparts of Delhi’s Red Fort. Amid much pomp, his upbeat speech on the state of the nation ...

Indian activists from the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (ST/SC) organization demonstrate in support of India’s Dalit or lower caste in New Delhi on May 9th, 2014. (Photo: Raveendran/AFP/Getty ...