Dalit Movement in the Present Times

Dalit Movements have been quite frequent and widespread since time immemorial in the Indian subcontinent. The major thrust to the Dalit movement was given by Dr Ambedkar through his Mahad Satyagarha which mainly involved the issues of Temple Entry and access to drinking water from common well. Although the movement has come a long way in achieving its goals. there are still some of the issues which need to be addressed today which are manifested through present Dalit movements, some of the important features which we see are as follows:

- Demand for Equality and Social Justice
- Present day Dalit Movements are leaderless
- Pockets of Movement in specific parts of the country with varying issues like Social Justice, Discrimination in Educational Institution etc.
- It is mainly led by the educated section of the society

Most of the demands today are for social justice and equality of status in the society. However, there have been constitutional reforms in the country which has led to the abolition of derogatory practices like Untouchability, yet we see it in many forms in the Hinterlands of the country. Hence the demands of the dalits are justified. However along with social justice, political and economic justice should also be included in the demands for complete upliftment of the class.