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Topic: Dalit Community

10 Dalit communities in black & white photographs—Delhi exhibition has no room for politics

Asha Thadani's photographs of Dalit communities are part of an exhibition titled ‘Broken’ at Delhi's India Habitat Centre. Those photographed are united in their 'shared trauma'.

IITs, IIMs are failing Dalit students. Work with Harvard, Johns Hopkins to counter suicides

Aniket Ambhore and Darshan Solanki aren't mere names in a statistical report. Our esteemed institutions have failed to protect them.

Dalit absence from Modi-Biden dinner a tale of missed opportunities

The failure to acknowledge and celebrate Dalit entrepreneurs’ achievements erodes trust and undermines India’s commitment to inclusivity and equality.

You think Netflix’s Class gets caste right? No, it just caters to urban woke gaze

In Netflix’s Class, stereotypes are grossly sketched in the personalities of Dalit protagonists.

Crushed into submission, Dalit identity seldom came to fore—but Valmiki changed the script

In Exploring the Margins: Caste, Class and Gender Identity, Suresh Kumar explores how Dalit writers enunciate their ‘self’— like Om Prakash Valmiki in Joothan.

Dalits live in fear in Punjab, there is no law and order: SC panel chief Vijay Sampla

Sampla cites assault on minor Dalit boy in Sangrur, murder of 2 Dalit girls in Moga, attack on BJP MLA Arun Narang to claim there is 'complete breakdown of law & order' in Punjab.

UP villagers clash with police after body of 16-year-old Dalit girl found in field

The girl had gone to collect fodder for cattle Sunday afternoon but did not return. Her body was found in a field when her family started looking for her, said police.

Nitish wants new Dalit faces ahead of polls after constant LJP attacks and minister’s exit

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar wants to counter the charges of neglecting Dalits, and so the party is looking for fresh Dalit faces to field in the state polls, JDU leaders say.

A Brahmin doctor’s house first revealed the ugly side of Hindu faith to me

Manoranjan Byapari writes about his life and observations as a servant to a Brahmin doctor.

Yogi’s ‘casteism’ will make Dalits desert party: BJP MP Chhote Lal Kharwar

After writing a letter to PM Modi complaining about the UP CM and BJP general secretary Sunil Bansal, Kharwar says Dalit leaders and the public are angry with the party.

On Camera

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

Smartphones, gems, pharma: Which Indian exports will be worst hit by Trump tariffs, which will be spared

Electronics—specifically smartphones—& energy & pharma products make up 30% of Indian exports to US. 25% tariff on India came into effect Thursday, extra 25% to kick in by August-end.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.