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A group of Dalit women in 2021. Dalit (English: / ˈdælɪt / from Sanskrit: दलित, romanized: dalita meaning "broken/scattered") is a term first coined by the Indian social reformer Jyotirao Phule for untouchables and outcasts, who represented the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent. [1] Dalits were excluded from the ...
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 ...
In modern literature, many castes under the Scheduled Castes category are sometimes referred to as Dalit, meaning "broken" or "dispersed" for the untouchables. [5] [6] The term having been popularised by the Dalit leader B. R. Ambedkar during the independence struggle. [5]
Neerav Patel, first Dalit poet to write poetry in English [49] Om Prakash Valmiki, Hindi poet and writer [50] P. Sivakami, Dalit-feminist Tamil writer [51] Yashica Dutt, Indian writer and journalist [52] Manoranjan Byapari, Bengali writer, Activist and chairman of west Bengal Dalit Sahitya Academy
Dalit Christian. The term Dalit Christian or Christian Dalit is used to describe those who have converted to Christianity from other forms of religion in the Indian subcontinent, and are still categorised as Dalits in Hindu, Christian, Muslim, and Sikh societies in South Asia. Hindu Dalits are sometimes referred to as Harijans.
Chamar (or Jatav) [2] is a Dalit community classified as a Scheduled Caste under modern India's system of affirmative action. They are found throughout the Indian subcontinent, mainly in the northern states of India and in Pakistan and Nepal.
The Dalit Buddhist movement (also known as the Neo-Buddhist movement, Buddhist movement For Dalits, Ambedkarite Buddhist movement and 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 ...
Chuhra, also known as Bhanghi and Balmiki, [1][2] is a Dalit caste in India and Pakistan. [3][4][5] Populated regions include the Punjab region of India and Pakistan, as well as Uttar Pradesh in India, among other parts of the Indian subcontinent such as southern India. [6][7][8][9] Their traditional occupation is sweeping, a "polluting ...