Harold R. Isaacs, India's Ex-Untouchables. New York; John Day Company, 1965, $4.50. Under the laws of India, Untouchability no longer exists; it went out en self-government came in with the ...

This documentary is the most comprehensive look at the "untouchables" in India. Motivated by ancient religious edicts, no amount of governmental encouragement has been able to stem the tragic ...

Indian cattle farmer Kunwar dreams of directing Bollywood movies, despite belonging to the marginalised Dalit community, the so-called ‘untouchables’. In Taraash, filmed in the rural village ...

India's lowest castes, the Dalits, are known for their illiteracy and deep poverty. But in rural India, something remarkable is happening: Dalit children are attending elementary school.