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Dispatches from Kolkata

Dalit History Month

By Sandip Roy

Published May 3, 2023 at 4:40 AM PDT

A poster supporting California proposition SB403, outlawing caste-based discrimination.

April was Dalit History Month in India. But even though caste-ism is officially outlawed in India, some of the old biases remain.

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