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.

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

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 ...

They are the "untouchables", the lowest of the low in India's ancient caste system. No job is too dirty or too nasty, and they are the ones cleaning up the rotting corpses from last week's killer ...

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 ...

‘The untouchable caste’: Dalits in India stand up for their rights through song, ... and denotes members of a caste regarded by ancient Hindu law as “untouchables”.

New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) People who consumed cow meat were labelled as untouchable in ancient India and the words 'untouchability' and 'dalit' did not exist in ancient Indian literature, a senior ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...