Maamannan, a recent movie, critically examines the position of Dalits within Dravidian parties. It highlights the everyday nature of caste politics, the helplessness of Dalits, and the continued ...

Dalit families in Vengavayal own land. Some have bought land from their hard-earned money, some have unassessed land (poramboke land). This bothers the dominant caste people.

CHENNAI: Tuesday will mark the 50th year of the Keezhvenmani massacre, in the composite Thanjavur district, in which 44 Dalits were burnt alive in a hut by land ...

India's lower-caste Dalits are increasingly asserting their claims over land so they can bury their dead, human rights activists said on Friday, as their traditional burial grounds are targeted by ...

Attacking Dalits has become a part of Dravidian culture and it has to be stopped by them. Social justice has been reduced to reservation in jobs and education.

Dravidian parties failed cause of Dalits: Brinda Karat The AIADMK and DMK remained silent when young inter-caste couples were lynched or forced to commit suicide, she said. Updated - September 10 ...

In Punjab, a Dalit movement to embrace Dravidian identity - Jalandhar: When E V Ramaswamy started the Self Respect Movement or the Dravidian movement in Madras in 1925, it was as much ‘anti ...

A Dalit man has killed himself in western India in a fresh protest over land, as a campaign for land rights for the low-caste community widened across the country.

NEW DELHI (REUTERS) - India's lower-caste Dalits are increasingly asserting their claims over land so they can bury their dead, human rights activists said on Friday (March 6), as their ...