Dalit - Wikipedia
网页A group of Dalit women in 2021. Dalit (English: / ˈ d æ l ɪ t / 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]
Dalit | Meaning, Caste, & Facts | Britannica
网页4 天之前 · Dalit, term used to refer to any member of a wide range of social groups that were historically marginalized in Hindu caste society. The official designation Scheduled Caste is the most common term now used in India for people in these groups, although members of the Scheduled Castes often prefer the term Dalit.
In 'Coming Out As Dalit,' a member of a reviled caste tells her …
网页2024年3月10日 · When Dutt was a kid, her family pretended to be rich so no one would suspect their caste identity. In her memoir, she talks of her struggles — and her decision to publicly declare she is a Dalit.
In pictures: The many lives of India's Dalits - BBC
网页In the image above, a Dalit (formerly known as untouchable) woman worker limps past an open-cast coal mine in India's Jharkhand state, where underground fires have burned for over a century. The...
Who Are the Dalits? - ThoughtCo
网页2020年2月4日 · Dalits, also known as "Untouchables," are members of the lowest social group in the Hindu caste system. The word "Dalit " means "oppressed" or "broken" and is the name members of this group gave themselves in the 1930s.
The Dalit: Born into a life of discrimination and stigma
网页2021年4月19日 · The Dalit, commonly known as the ‘untouchables’ in India and other South Asian countries, are born into a lifetime of marginalisation, exclusion and human rights violations. They are strictly ‘ranked’ – based on their descent – and are thereby placed at the lowest echelon of society’s classes.
No Escape From Caste on These Shores, 'Untouchables' From …
网页2019年2月27日 · That has not been the experience of Preeti Meshram, a Dalit woman who lives in the Northeast. She did not provide her real name because she is afraid of reprisals from upper caste Hindus for telling her story, from …
India's "Untouchables" Face Violence, Discrimination
网页June 2, 2003. • 8 min read. More than 160 million people in India are considered "Untouchable"—people tainted by their birth into a caste system that deems them impure, less than human. Human...
Dalits in India - Minority Rights Group
网页Dalit women have been particularly badly affected in recent times. They are discriminated against not only because of their sex but also because of religious, social and cultural structures which have given them the lowest position in the social hierarchy.
untouchable summary | Britannica
网页The groups traditionally considered untouchable included people whose occupations or habits of life involved activities considered to be polluting, such as taking life for a living (e.g., fishermen); killing or disposing of dead cattle or working with their hides; coming into contact with human waste (e.g., sweepers); and eating flesh of cattle,...