The plight of the Dalit people is the focus of the third edition of V.T. Rajshekar’s 1997 book “Dalit: The Black Untouchables ...

India's "untouchables" are the last to be rescued, if at all. In the two weeks since a monsoon-swollen river burst its banks, ancient prejudices have run just as deep as the floodwaters.

TRIVENIGANJ, India — In the two weeks since a monsoon-swollen river burst its banks, ancient prejudices have run just as deep as the floodwaters. India’s “untouchables” are the last to be ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. They are the "untouchables"; the lowest of the low in India's ancient caste system. No job is too dirty or too nasty. They are the ...

India's 'untouchable' women face discrimination even in schemes meant to help them. ... a member of the "untouchables," the lowest group in India's ancient and now officially obsolete caste system.

NEW DELHI: People who consumed cow meat were labelled as untouchable in ancient India and the words 'untouchability' and 'Dalit' did not exist in ancient Indian ...

To be born a Dalit in India means being "untouchable", the lowest group in India's ancient and now officially obsolete caste system. But it's influence lingers.

The Untouchable was required to have a black thread either on his wrist or around his neck, ... RS Sharma wrote in his seminal work, ‘Shudras in Ancient India’: ...

TRIVENIGANJ, India -- In the two weeks since a monsoon-swollen river burst its banks, ancient prejudices have run just as deep as the floodwaters. India's "untouchables" are the last to be rescued ...