Maryland is now home to the first Ambedkar statue in the United States and the largest one outside of India
As many across India prepare to celebrate the great leader, there is still much disagreement about how best to honor his legacy
New statue of the political and religious reformer will help continue his legacy of the personal and social liberation of all people
Dalits continue to face widespread inequality and…
Seeds of the Dharma
This column “Dharma Project of the Month,” which started in January 2016, was intended primarily to showcase the many efforts of Buddhists—both monastics and laypeople—to
Each year in October, throngs of Dalits, members of India’s “untouchable” Scheduled Castes, across the subcontinent undergo a deeksha (initiation ceremony) to formally convert to Buddhism. These
It is commonly held that converting to a religion for reasons other than personal spiritual conviction or awakening is unethical and unseemly. Reading about Christian
