KATHMANDU, March 22: A resolution proposal has been discussed in the National Assembly to ensure social justice by ending discrimination against and oppression of the Dalit community.

KATHMANDU, March 22: The Dalit community has thanked the current government for publishing a gazette to celebrate a day in June (Jestha 21 according to the  Nepali Calendar) as Untouchability Day.

KATHMANDU, Dec 15: Fifteen persons from Dalit community have been elected to the House of Representatives (HoR) under the proportional category.

KATHMANDU, June 4: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has called one and all to devote to nation building by ending all sorts of discrimination.

RAUTABHAT, Sept 2: A 15-year-old girl from the Dalit community of Madhavnarayan Municipality-5 has been gang-raped.

During the People’s War (1996-2006), I was working as the secretary of People's Power Consolidation Department in the base area. I remember meeting a group of Dalits while I was on my way to Balidan Commune in Rukum. They were marching with panche baja, the traditional set of musical instruments. The group was displaying their instruments of production as if they werecarrying their weapons with confidence and pride. I was surprised, amused and satisfied to see such a sense of empowerment on their faces! That was 2005.

KATHMANDU, Aug 23: Socialist Party Nepal's Federal Council Chair Dr Baburam Bhattarai has insisted that Dalit community should unite for a guarantee of further rights by institutionalizing the achieved ones.