The fundamental rights in the constitution that dalits can draw upon to insist that they should be treated with dignity and as equal were the Right to Equality, Right to freedom.

The practice of carrying human excreta in basket on their heads by sweepers to dispose them in the grounds known as manual scavenging.

Soyrabai was the wife of Bhakti poet Chokhamela. They belonged to the Mahar caste, at that time considered as untouchable.

Soyrabai questioned the concepts of ‘Purity and Casteism’ in her poem. She arguing that since every human is born in the same manner, there is nothing that makes one body less or more pure than the other.

Some of the religious minorities of India are Sikh, Muslim, Parsi, Buddhist, Jain etc. They have particularly drawn upon the right to freedom of religion and cultural and educational rights.

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 and they allow encroachers 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.

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.