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Dalit ( English: / ˈdælɪt / from Sanskrit: दलित, romanized : dalita meaning "broken/scattered"), also some of them previously known as untouchables, is the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent. [1] Dalits were excluded from the fourfold varna of the caste hierarchy and were seen as forming a fifth varna, also known by the name of Panchama. Several scholars have ...
Dalit literature is a genre of Indian writing that focuses on the lives, experiences, and struggles of the Dalit community, who have faced caste-based oppression and discrimination for centuries. [1] [2] [3] This literature encompasses various Indian languages such as Marathi, Bangla, Hindi, [4] Kannada, Punjabi, [5] Sindhi, Odia and Tamil and ...
The Dalit Buddhist movement (also known as the Buddhist movement For Dalits, Ambedkarite Buddhist movement or Modern Buddhist movement [1]) is a religious as well as a socio-political movement among Dalits in India which was started by B. R. Ambedkar. It re-interpreted Buddhism and created a new school of Buddhism called Navayana. The movement has sought to be a socially and politically ...
The dalit is a type of short Filipino poem, consisting of four lines with eight syllables each. [1] There is a controversy regarding its origin. One school of thought states that the dalit is Spanish in origin, particularly because its syllabification is even or pares. Hence, it is said that the Spanish popularized the dalit in the Philippines.
Following is a list of notable Dalit people organised by profession, field, or focus.
Dalit History Month is an annual observance as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the Dalits or Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Dalit is an ancient designation for a group of indigenous Indian people. Several influential Hindu saints, though, were members of this group. [1] [2] Though there has also many historical Vedic period saints, whose descendants are now considered as Dalits. [3] Many of the saints have been classified as Shudra or Avarna, because there was no ...
Tanaga. The Tanaga is an indigenous Filipino poem, traditionally in the Tagalog language, consisting of four lines with seven syllables each. It can also have rhymes schemes like AABB and ABAB.