Dalit History Month

Dalit History Month

A shopkeeper in Delhi with a statuette of B R Ambedkar for sale. Six new books on Ambedkar examine his life and thought with sincere reverence as well as honest critique.

Who gets to write about Ambedkar?

Harish S Wankhede

28 Jul 2023

Gulmi, 1966. At the peak of the Panchayat period, this man sings songs about national glory: "Hamro Tenzing Sherpale Chadhyo Himal Chuchura" (Our Tenzing Sherpa has climbed to the top of the Himalaya). Gaines like him traveled from village to village singing songs about contemporary events.
Photo: Carl Hosticka / Nepal Picture Library

Reframing the Dalit experience

22 Aug 2019

Photo: Kelly Lacy / Pexels

Caste on the streets: Dhaka’s street cleaners, many of them Dalits, faced a grim future even before the pandemic

Shah Tazrian Ashrafi

21 Jul 2020

‘Dalit Voice’ and V T Rajshekar’s frustrated revolution

‘Dalit Voice’ and V T Rajshekar’s frustrated revolution

05 Jan 2026

Himal Southasian

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