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children going to school_Mahadalit

February 8, 2024

“Why should we go to school?”

by Pronita Tarafdar, Ananye Krishna | 3 min read

an empty room with chairs_caste

October 31, 2023

The anti-caste discourse needs an overhaul

Christina Dhanaraj and Dhanya Rajendran discuss the future of the anti-caste movement, highlighting the need to centre caste-marginalised voices and how allies can step up.

by India Development Review | 10 min read

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November 11, 2022

Denying development by ignoring caste

A systemic denial to collect data on caste-based discrimination undermines development efforts in India.

by Arun Kumar | 4 min read

A group of people standing together in a demonstration-Nodeep Kaur

April 26, 2021

A story of caste, class, and activism

A day in the life of Dalit labour rights activist Nodeep Kaur, whose personal caste and class struggles have led her to dedicate her life to protect the rights of workers.

by Nodeep Kaur | 8 min read

women threshing rice in sangrur punjab

March 31, 2020

Fighting for dignity, not profit

A Dalit movement for land rights is sweeping across southern Punjab.

by IndiaSpend, Manu Moudgil | 8 min read

barbed wire-exclusion

January 30, 2020

Building inclusive communities is the task of civil society

Until communities stop excluding people based on gender, caste, class, and religion, efforts to achieve the SDGs will always fall short.

by Shamik Trehan | 5 min read

illustration-bezwada wilson-profileIllustration: Aditya Krishnamurthy

January 23, 2020

IDR Interviews | Bezwada Wilson

A lifelong crusader against manual scavenging, Bezwada Wilson talks about building a Dalit-led grassroots movement to liberate the community from this practice.

by Smarinita Shetty, Sneha Philip | 7 min read

small bucket hanging on wall

November 15, 2019

Photo essay: Where there are no sewers

A window into the world of the people who clean latrines in urban India.

by Isha Ray, C S Sharada Prasad | 5 min read

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May 10, 2019

Photo essay: How sanitation workers live and work in urban India

A glimpse of the 'back-end' of Swachh Bharat Mission in Tier-I and Tier-II cities.

by Isha Ray, C S Sharada Prasad | 5 min read

Women working at a construction site

October 11, 2018

When CSR steps outside its comfort zone

Corporate support to nurture civil society through collectives can lead to holistic development of the poor.

by Narendranath Damodaran | 5 min read

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