EP-3 Being a Nepali Dalit | Idea of Nepal with Mitra Pariyar

Biswas Baral interviews Dr Mitra Pariyar in this episode of 'Idea of Nepal' show brought to you by The Kathmandu Post. Pariyar is a Dalit rights activist and holds a Phd in Sociology from Macquarie University, Australia.

They discuss the origins of Nepal’s caste system, the definition of ‘Dalit’, prevailing forms of caste-based discrimination, the country’s anti-discrimination legal provisions, the need for a new Dalit movement and the role of Nepali political parties in ending such discriminations.

More resources on the state of Nepali Dalits and the country’s Dalit rights movement, as mentioned in the show:

1. Research paper: Digging for Dalit: Social Justice and an Inclusive Anthropology of Nepal
https://culanth.org/fieldsights/diggi...
2. Book: On the Edge of the Auspicious
https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books...
3. Publications of Steven Folmar
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/...
4. Mitra Pariyar’s writings
https://kathmandupost.com/author/mitr...