In South Asia’s caste system, a Dalit (Hindi: ????) — formerly known as untouchable or achuta — is a person outside of the four Varnas, and considered below of all and polluting. Dalits include people as leather-workers, scavengers, tanners, flayers, cobblers, agricultural labourers, municipal cleaners, gymnasts, drum beaters, folk musicians and street handicraft persons. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Against Dalits’
WHO ARE THE DALIT?
Posted in Human Rights, tagged Against Dalits, Anti-Dalit, DALIT on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t Use Supreme Court Against Dalits
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Against Dalits, Dalits, Supreme Court on October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mr. Rajeev Dhawan?s article published on 28th December, 2001 in The Hindu – The Equality Amendment of 2001 neither talks about law nor talks about society. He has selectively quoted the statistics which show high percentage of SC/STs promoted at higher levels. Exceptions can?t be the rule but he has tried to make them so. [...]
