Recommended reading to learn more about this history of caste and the international movement for Dalit liberation.
“Caste” refers to an individual’s perceived position in a system of social stratification on the basis of inherited status.
A Forgotten Liberator: The Life and Struggle of Savitribai Phule
Buddhism in India: Challenging Brahmanism and Caste
Debrahmanising History
I am Vidya
Mahishasur A People’s Hero
Nationalism Without a Nation in India
Seeking Begumpura
Aaidan / Weave Of My Life
Ants Among Elephants
Baluta
Bhimrao Ambedkar: The Boy Who Asked Why
Buddhism in India: Challenging Brahmanism and Caste
Dalits: Pasts, Presents, Future
Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings and Speeches, Volume 1
Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar: Writings and Speeches, Volume 5
Father May Be an Elephant and Mother Only a Small Basket But
From Shepherd Boy to an Intellectual
Jehnva Mi Zaat Chorli Hoti / When I Hid My Caste
Joothan: An Untouchables Life
Karukku
Majya Jalmachi Chittarkatha/The Kaleidoscopic Story Of My Life
Poet of the Revolution – The Memoirs and Poems of Lal Singh Dil
Poisoned Bread: Translations From Modern Marathi Dalit Literature
Strike a Blow to Change the World
Surviving in My World – Growing up Dalit in Bengal
The Prisons We Broke
The Weave Of My Life
Viramma: Life of an Untouchable
We Also Made History: Women in the Ambedkarite Movement