Yashica Dutt, journalist and author of Coming out as Dalit, and Ashif Shaikh, Dalit activist and leader of Jan Sahas, have a conversation about caste-based violence and oppression, manual scavenging, dignity, the Black Lives Matter movement, and, what it means to be an ally in the fight against caste hierarchy.

Highlights –

• The vulnerabilities faced by Dalit women, and their needs.
• How to fight caste-based discrimination in society.
• What needs to change within society, within the government, and within policy.
• How to be an ally in the movement for equality.

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