Reduce Inequalities: Dalits in Punjab Seek Development with Dignity

Abstract

This article argues for Dalit activists and rights-based groups, who are voicing the concerns of Dalits’ development in Punjab. Their emergence and achievement in securing Panchayat (common) land-rights in the Malwa region are the strongest expressions of the rising educated class of Dalits, who share common experiences of caste-based oppression, memories of humiliation and ages’ old forced socio-economic marginalization. They are striving for equality in political, social and economic domains.