India’s 200 million Dalits, formerly untouchables, are placed on the lowest ... event (a festival celebrating the birth of ...
But the government of Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata ... these groups are known as Dalits, also known as “untouchables”, forced to take the jobs that nobody else wants ...
Brahman – A Hindu concept which has been described ... Previously referred to as ‘untouchable’. Deccan – Plateau in South Central India. Dharma – Duty (Hinduism); righteousness (Jainism ...