DALIT EMPOWERMENT, SUCCESS AND FAILURE: SOCIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION WITH RELEVANT CASE STUDIES FROM ASSAM, INDIA

Abstract

Oppression of Dalit and Dalit empowerment has always been a topic of research for sociologists
of any time. Various discrimination that has been meted out towards the oppressed section has
fascinated the social researchers to find out why and to what extent they are oppressed. The
discriminative policies against the dalits by the caste Hindus caused segregation, division and
isolation in Indian society. The dalits in Indian society are the oppressed or downtrodden
sections which did not find a position in the Caste hierarchy in the traditional Hindu social order.
From ancient time onwards they have been discriminated by those in the higher positions in the
Hindu caste society.