Question

discuss the Dalit and the Feminist canon in India today​

Answer 1

Dalit feminism is a feminist perspective that includes questioning caste and gender roles among the Dalit population and within feminism and the larger women's movement. Dalit women primarily live in South Asia, mainly in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Dalit women face different challenges than women in higher castes in these countries. They are more likely to be poor, uneducated and socially marginalized. Dalit feminists advocate and have advocated for equal rights for Dalit women based on gender, caste and other issues. They have addressed conferences, created organizations and helped elect other Dalit women into political office.

Answer 2

The last two decades of the 20th century were marked by the increasing visibility of third world feminist struggles. In the Indian context, specifically, there was an assertion of caste identity and consciousness and the role of caste in the need to strengthen social movements and transformative politics was discussed. 
In the early 1990s, the emergence of independent and autonomous Dalit women’s organisations and discourses prompted debates around the questions of “difference” in feminist politics. This dialogue between Gopal Guru, Sharmila Rege, and Chhaya Datar presents the crux of the debate on questions of a Dalit feminist standpoint and intersectionality in feminism.
In this feature, we map this debate in the light of the ever-relevant discussions on debrahmanising spaces—both physical and intellectua