US protests spur calls for India to wake up to anti-Dalit discrimination

Chennai, India Thomson Reuters Foundation Spurred on by US anti-racism protests, lower-caste Dalits on Wednesday called on India to acknowledge centuries of oppression they have endured and recognise that “every life matters”. Dalits are at the bottom of India’s ancient caste hierarchy, whose membership was determined at birth, and have historically faced violence, segregation and […]