DALIT VOICE
April, 2026
Buddhist, Dalit, Constitutionalist, Hindu Nationalist?
The first Buddhist—and only the second Dalit—to serve as Chief Justice of India, B. R. Gavai held office from 14 May to 23 November 2025. On 20 April 2026, he was seen inside Bageshwar Dham. He offered prayers before Balaji, then sat down with Dhirendra Krishna Shastri. A photograph of the deity was presented to him. The meeting ran for roughly half an hour, touching—at least on the surface—on spirituality, social work, and the Gurukulam project…
DALIT VOICE
March, 2026
A Deep-rooted Post-Independence Conspiracy to Keep Oppressed Castes Oppressed: Anti-Conversion Laws Across Indian States
The Freedom of Religion Bill was tabled in the Maharashtra State Assembly. These laws have nothing to do with coercive religious practice. They are instruments designed to prevent the emancipation of oppressed castes…
DALIT VOICE
April, 2026
West Bengal’s Electoral Roll Purge and the Architecture of Disenfranchisement
In the run-up to polling, West Bengal isn’t just approaching an election. It is also seeing a redrawing of who gets to participate. Voting is set for April 23 and April 29, yet for millions the right to vote has already been taken away through administrative action. The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has operated in much the same way as its precursor in Bihar and its antecedent…
DALIT VOICE
April, 2026
Delimitation, Representation, and Marginalization of Dalit-Bahujan Community
The dubious delimitation attempt under the guise of women’s reservation during the special parliamentary session of April 16–18, 2026, was packaged as a routine constitutional necessity aligned with democratic principles of equal representation. It was rightly defeated in parliament because of its vastly inequitable and politicized approach…
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DALIT VOICE
Jan, 2026
Annihilation of Caste
Ambedkar sought to transform the very body of caste, not its surface symptoms. He knew that deprivation and humiliation were political, not moral, conditions. Unless the powerless are empowered, the powerful will never treat them as equals. The Ambedkarite view holds that social equality follows political and economic power.
DALIT VOICE
Jan, 2026
Anti-Brahminism as an Ideology
Anti-Brahminism” may not be a perfect, systematic ideology, but it undoubtedly is a powerful philosophy which once moved, and still moves, millions of people—not only among Hindus in India, but others as well.
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Dalit Panther Demonstration
Bombay: Dalit Panthers staged demonstrations before Government offices throughout Maharashtra on July 27 to fight against the non-implementation of the ...
Gujrat Dalit Panthers Visit Bangalore
Rameshchandra Paramar, president of the Gujarat Dalit Panthers, and four other Panther leaders, are now in Bangalore at the invitation ...
Holy Against the Grain
Holi arrives each year with fire and colour. On the eve of the festival, bonfires commemorate the burning of Holika; ...
The Irony of Belonging to the Republic of India
On 26 January 2026, the Indian republic marks its seventy-seventh year. The arithmetic is neat; the history is not. For ...
Anti-Brahminism as an Ideology
The editorial ‘Anti-Brahminism as an Ideology’ from the original Dalit Voice run's Vol. 2, Issue No. 10 (01/03/1983) critically explores ...
Why Islam?
(Letter to Editor) Durai Anbalagan, Dalit Panthers President, Dharavi unit, Bombay: We came to know during our tour of Tamil ...
A Dream Come True
To bring out a journal of our own has been our long cherished dream. Persecuted minorities all over India in ...
A Deep-rooted Post-Independence Conspiracy to Keep Oppressed Castes Oppressed: Anti-Conversion Laws Across Indian States
On 13 March 2026, the Freedom of Religion Bill was tabled in the Maharashtra State Assembly — the eleventh state ...
Anti-Brahminism as an Ideology
The editorial ‘Anti-Brahminism as an Ideology’ from the original Dalit Voice run's Vol. 2, Issue No. 10 (01/03/1983) critically explores ...
Torture and Killings of Untouchables in India
[Testimony to delegates to the Seventh Assembly of the Christian Conference of Asia held in Bangalore, from May 18, 1981 ...
Happy News for Backwards
Here is a happy news for the backward classes. The Karnataka Arya Idigara Sangha, Bangalore, headed by H. R. Basavaraj, ...
Gujarat Dalits Win Caste War
Some people including Dalits were surprised on reading our statement in the press, hailing the Gujarat Dalits for winning the ...
Why Muslim Life is the Cheapest?
As Indira Gandhi was getting red carpet welcome in Arab countries assuring them that our Muslims are treated so well ...
Panchama-Baiting in Tamil Nadu
I wish to refer to the phenomenon of adoption of Islam by the Panchamas in Tamil Nadu which has been ...