Overview of Dalit Human Rights Situation The Dalit Human Rights Situation: A Brief Overview Over one-sixth of India’s population, some 170 million people, live a precarious existence, shunned by much of Indian society because of their rank as “untouchables” or Dalits—literally meaning “broken” people—at the bottom of India’s caste system. Dalits are discriminated against, denied access to land and basic resources, forced [...]
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The Dalit Human Rights Situation
Posted in Human Rights, tagged DALIT, Human Rights on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
WHO ARE THE DALIT?
Posted in Human Rights, tagged Against Dalits, Anti-Dalit, DALIT on October 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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. [...]
