Dalit

A still from ‘Dahaad’ Hindi cinema has waited long enough to see a Dalit character as the male/female popular hero. The possibility that a Dalit character will appear on screen as a protagonist to transform a corrupt and criminal social…

Hindi cinema has waited long enough to see a Dalit character as the male/female popular hero. The possibility that a Dalit character will appear on screen as a protagonist to transform a corrupt and criminal social structure by their power…

A play as part of Vaanam Art Festival April is a month of celebration for director Pa Ranjith’s Neelam Cultural Centre. It is BR Ambedkar’s birth month, Dalit history month and the time when Vaanam Art Festival comes alive each year.…

By Express News Service When Pa Ranjith’s Natchathiram Nagargiradhu was released, a film that stood apart in his oeuvre, it told a poignant and powerful message through the lens of a Dalit woman. Rene was the centre…

Express News Service VILLUPURAM: "So let’s unite, and fight against the caste, And let the water flow, clean and vast, For only then can we truly say, That we’ve taken a step, to make a brighter day," writes a new…

By PTI NEW DELHI: The memoir of Yogesh Maitreya, a leading independent Indian Dalit publisher, writer and poet, will hit the stands on April 22, announced Penguin Random House India (PRHI) on Sunday. Encompassing…

Bookmobile at TISS | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A digital bookmobile carrying songs by unknown singers from the interiors of Maharashtra on anti-caste resistance, which are part of the State’s Dalit movement, is touring different…

By Express News Service CHENNAI: Writer Perumal Murugan's Tamil novel "Pyre" (original title, Pookuzhi) has been long-listed for International Booker Prize 2023. It is among 13 books from across Asia, Africa, Europe…

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during a post-budget press conference, in New Delhi on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI After having to make do with funds from the Social Justice Ministry’s contingency…

From 68.85.48+12 lakhs  | Photo Credit: PRADEEP R Shalin Maria Lawrence “Every year the atrocities on Dalits is rising.Precisely every second, every minute, every hour, every day.Every season is a season of violence for them.History has…