Manual scavengers in different parts of the country are known by the names of Bhangis in Gujarat, Pakhis in Andhra Pradesh and Sikkaliars in Tamil Nadu.

C K Janu an Adivasi activist has pointed out that the state governments are the violators of their constitutional rights because they allow encroachers. It takes the form of Timber merchants, Paper mill owners and Industrialists.

Reservations play an important role in providing social justice to adivasis and dalits. The laws give reserve seats in education and government employment for Dalits and Adivasis.

The central government passed the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Recognition of Forest Rights Act, 2006. This Act recognizes their right to homestead cultivable and grazing land and to non-timber forest produce.

Article 17 of the Constitution states the abolished of the Untouchability. It assures that no one can henceforth prevent Dalits from educating themselves, entering temples, using public facilities etc.

The term Dalit means broken is used deliberately and actively by groups to highlight the centuries of discrimination they have experienced within the caste system.

An assertive person or group is one that can express themselves and their views strongly. During 1970s-1980s periods, in parts of southern India, a number of assertive Dalit groups came into being and asserted their rights.

Danis, Adivasis, Muslims, Illiterates, very poor, women etc. are some marginal groups of India.

This means to exclude or banish an individual or a group. It refers to a social boycott of an individual and his family.

It means to come face to face or to challenge someone. For example: Marginalized groups protested against their exclusion by dominated society.