Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. This article problematizes the definitional discourse of manual scavenging in Indian legislative interven-tions and its judicial treatment by the Supreme Court of India. It assesses the evolution of the defi…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. The relation of globalization with social and economic empowerment of Dalit women is a highly contested issue especially when they continue to be victims of discrimination on the basis of their caste, class …
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. The piece is a critical review of a part of a contemporary anthology. The film is written and directed by a contemporary Dalit filmmaker. The author discusses the portrayal of caste in the film while deconst…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. Manoranjan Byapari is a famous Bengali Dalit writer whose family migrated from East Pakistan and took shelter in a refugee camp in West Bengal. In his autobiography Interrogating My Chandal Life, Byapari has…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. Dalit resistance gained prominence in postcolonial India through Dalit literature, with Dalit life writing emerging as a significant way to address ongoing problems and issues faced by Dalit communities. Dal…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. Indian society is still dominated by the patriarchal system where women get less importance. A majority of households in India are headed by the male member of the family. According to Census 2011, only 10.7…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. The impact of COVID-19 on poverty estimates is humongous. The economic tumult caused by the pandemic over the past two years has the potential to double the nation’s poverty, erasing the decade-long gains fr…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. This study is based on the lived experiences of the Dalit and Adivasi students in an elite higher education institution in India. It describes the everyday struggle undertaken by the students from socially m…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. The Dalit people in Odisha have been socio-economically deprived and antagonized with a social discrimination. In Odisha, the number of Dalits is 93, and out of it, in numerically Pana, Dewar and Dombo are t…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. Democratic decentralization is the process of devolving the state’s roles and resources from the centre to the lower-level elected officials to encourage greater direct participation of people in governance….