untouchability

Saleem urged grocery delivery companies like Zepto and Blinkit to take the lead in addressing how their delivery partners are treated

Delhi man works as a Blinkit partner for a day, highlights everyday discrimination: ‘Untouchability is not only limited to caste’

April 22, 2025 1:35 pm

Salman Saleem often takes on a variety of roles to understand the lives of those often overlooked.

The Ambedkar-Gandhi debate on untouchability

December 26, 2024 12:36 pm

What were the key ideological differences between Mahatma Gandhi and BR Ambedkar over the political rights of the untouchables? How do the terms ‘Harijans’ and ‘Dalits’ reflect their contrasting philosophies on caste and social reform?

Caste and untouchability in Nepal: A familiar story

May 28, 2023 2:25 pm

Due to the absence of a solid political force lobbying for the rights of the Dalits, the Dalit population has been organising under civil societies mostly aided by some cultural and social organisations.

Salon owner arrested for practising untouchability in Tamil Nadu village

December 04, 2022 7:38 am

The police are also conducting an enquiry on a purported video in which a shopkeeper at Kilamangalam village was seen telling a person from the SC community that he could not sell anything to the person as the villagers had asked him not to.

What India needs at 75: A museum of untouchability

August 21, 2022 8:31 am

Suraj Yengde writes: There must be an exhibition of atrocities as well as Dalit memorials to remind the nation that such unwarranted incidents continue to occur. Since the Dalit community is resourceless, they have not been able to make much progress with independent museums.

The Reading Room: 7 experts on the books they wish people read more to understand India’s caste history and politics

May 01, 2022 10:07 am

From BR Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste to Gita Ramaswamy’s memoir, a range of books explore the realities of Dalit marginalisation

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Ambedkar Jayanti 2022: Date, importance and significance

April 13, 2022 2:37 pm

B. R. Ambedkar Jayanti 2022 date: Bhim Jayanti was first observed in 1928 by Janardan Sadashiv Ranapisay, and it was declared a public holiday in more than 25 Indian states and union territories.

Karnataka anti-untouchability scheme named after Dalit boy, family displaced

March 30, 2022 7:39 am

The scheme has been named after a three-year-old Dalit Vinay, whose family, residents of Miyapur village in Koppal district, was slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 by the village leaders in September last year for the boy’s “offence” of straying into a local temple.

Learning about modern-day Untouchability is a step in the right direction

May 23, 2021 8:57 am

The past year has been one of unprecedented loss and change. I hope that as we “uncover” and discuss more history, 2021 is one of empathy, love, and growth.