by Grace Kellogg | Aug 2, 2019 | India
https://www.dalitsolidarity.org/dalits-and-untoucchability.htmlThe website above provides a brief description of the history and reality of Dalit life in India. Dalits have not been considered a part of the Hindu caste system (social hierarchy) in India- in fact, they...
by Margaret L. Signorella | Aug 1, 2019 | gender, South Asia
A biographical essay by Leila McNeill in Smithsonian Magazine profiles Dr. Janaki Ammal, a botanist from India who was the first woman from that country to earn a doctorate in the US in this discipline. The title of the piece refers to Ammal’s role in preserving...
