dalit in English

noun
1
(in the traditional Indian caste system) a member of the lowest caste.
He is a Dalit , a member of a lowly caste that traditionally performed the most menial tasks in Indian society.

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1. For them, Casteism or caste dicrimination is a ‘Dalit issue’

2. As the Panthers extended their Agitationist activities, taking up cases of Dalit exploitation and confronting the perpetrators as well as government authorities, “merely a warning from the Dalit

3. Kausalya Baisantri, an early Dalit woman Autobiographer, fought a ‘double curse’

4. All India Human Rights Protection Trust: Dalit Upliftment: C-51 Mehadauri Coloney, Teilerganj, Allahabad-211002 …

5. She is the sister of famous Dalit writer Raj Gauthaman.Bama's grandfather had converted from …

6. Presence of Dalit-Bahujan persons with consciouness about Casteism in the workspace leads to discussion on caste discrimination

7. What we have is the Brahmanical oppression as the underlying reason for dalit men’s behaving in a patriarchal manner; if proven, that dalit men behave ‘in specifically gendered ways,’ the underlying reason (as argued by both writers hitherto) is their caste-based exploitation by the savarna

8. The present paper argues that the conceptualisation of notions like ‘dalit’ or ‘intracaste’ or ‘multiple’ patriarchies results from a misunderstanding of the concept Brahmanical patriarchy

9. Brahminism has consistently sought to subvert our religious forms by injecting notions of 'purity' and 'pollution', hierarchy and untouchability even among the Dalit-Bahujans themselves

10. (i) A Brahminist is someone who subscribes to the varna ideology which divides the Indian society into four varnas and a fifth category, of Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra and Dalit, arranged

11. Children from Dalit, tribal, and Muslim communities are often made to sit at the back of the class or in separate rooms, insulted by the use of derogatory names, denied leadership roles, and served food last.

12. Caste in the USA, Episode 2: Dalit technologist Sam Cornelius on how Casteism pervades tech world in India and US 'Caste In The USA' is a podcast series examining the pervasiveness of caste discrimination among Indians in the US, hosted by Equality Labs' Thenmozhi Soundararajan.

13. The Gujarat government has sought the guidance of the Union Government regarding orders of a court in Banaskantha of North Gujarat directing recovery of compensation paid to Dalit Complainants/victims in cases registered under The Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, better known as Atrocity Act.

14. A. whereas India is the largest functioning democracy in the world where every citizen is equal before the ballot box, India's immediate past President and Head of State was a Dalit and Dalits have served as ministers; whereas there are Hindu schools of thought which reject caste discrimination and exclusion as an aberration of their faith,