Dalit History Month

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Dalit History Month is an annual observance as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the Dalits or Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.[1][2] It is celebrated in April all over the world by followers of B.R Ambedkar.[3][4] Discussions,[5] storytelling,[6] history projects,[7] special publications in media,[8] and art works[9] are organized during this month.[10][11]

History

Inspired by Black History Month, a young group of Dalit women started the Dalit History Month in 2013.[12] Sanghapali Aruna started project Dalit History Month for creating a documentation of Dalit, Adivasi and Bahujan history and culture.[13][14] Sanghapali Aruna and Thenmozhi Soundararajan came up with idea during discussions at Color of Violence conference in Chicago.[15][16]

Significance

Dalits are discriminated against because of their caste, despite such discrimination being illegal in India.[17][18][19] Ignorance and absence of Dalits in Indian history by mainstream authors is discussed during Dalit History Month.[20] Issues faced by Dalits are pondered upon by citizens.[21]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The new 140-character war on India's caste system. Washington Post(2016-05-11). Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  2. ↑ Writing Our Own Histories – Why We Need Dalit History Month, Harad, Tejas. Feminism In India(2017-04-26). Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  3. ↑ Celebrating Dalit History Month. The Hindu(2018-04-13). Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  4. ↑ The roots of Dalit rage, Says, Rohit. Himal Southasian. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  5. ↑ caste can no longer be ignored: US conference will discuss dalit culture's resistance. The News Minute(May 4, 2018). Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  6. ↑ Resistance and resilience: Dalit History Month 2018 showcases neglected histories and untold stories, Chari, Mridula. Scroll.in. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  7. ↑ Dalit history threatens the powerful. That is why they want to erase, destroy and jail it. ThePrint(2018-04-01). Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  8. ↑ The Dalit History Month series. The News Minute(2016-04-01). Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  9. ↑ Ambedkar Jayanti 2017: Here's a look at Dalit History Month to explore forgotten narratives. Firstpost(April 14, 2017). Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  10. ↑ Resisting Injustice: Seeking New Ways to Speak!. CrossCurrents.
  11. ↑ New Media and the Dalit Counter-public Sphere. Television & New Media({Template:Year).
  12. ↑ A month to reminisce Dalit contribution to history. Deccan Herald(2018-04-12). Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  13. ↑ A new TV show on B.R. Ambedkar raises questions of responsible representation. ThePrint(2019-12-06). Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  14. ↑ Watch - Sanghapali Aruna, 'The Woman Who Made Twitter's Legal Head Cry'. The Wire(2018-11-21). Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  15. ↑ Meet the Indian women trying to take down 'caste apartheid'. Public Radio International. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  16. ↑ #DalitWomenFight Brings Fight Against Caste-Based Violence to U.S.. NBC News. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  17. ↑ Dalit history month: In UP's Chitrakoot upper-caste sanitation workers outsource cleaning to lower-castes, paying them paltry sums as wages. Firstpost(2018-04-24). Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  18. ↑ A young Indian couple married for love. Then the bride's father hired assassins.. Washington Post(2019-08-19). Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  19. ↑ US to hold first ever Congressional briefing on caste discrimination in the country. The News Minute(2019-05-22). Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  20. ↑ On Ambedkar Jayanti, Dalit History Month rewrites the history of the marginalised community, Chari, Mridula. Scroll.in. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  21. ↑ Dalit History Month: Education Is a Distant Dream for Some Children. The Wire. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
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