Snapshots from a settlement of the Musahars- a low caste in India's social hierarchy- who besides living in extreme poverty, face another significant challenge: caste-based discrimination in schools.

Nine-year-old Satish Sada of the Musahar settlement in Shambhunath Municipality in Saptari district did not go to school. Although the school nearby is at a distance of about 500 metres from his ...

Musahar, formerly known as “untouchables” are the lowest of the section and fall at the bottom of the Hindu rigid caste system. They still live on the fringes of modern society.

The Sarkar Aapke Dwar programme started on the instructions of Chief Minister Hemant Soren is playing an important role in strengthening the link of connecting the people of the deprived society ...

Children of indigenous Musahar community living at Subarnakhuli village on the border of Nilphamari Sadar upazila and Dinajpur’s Khansama upazila are deprived of schooling as their lone ...

Poverty, disease, starvation, and a severe lack of cleanliness have made life miserable for the Musahar community. During floods, snakes and scorpions are more feared than the miscreants here ...

Several men and women from Musahar and Kharwar scheduled tribe fraternities of east UP districts were given diksha (consecrated) with the name of Lord Ram in a function led by senior Rashtriya ...

Several men and women from Musahar and Kharwar scheduled tribe communities of east UP districts were given 'diksha' in the name of Lord Ram at a function led by senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ...

The Musahars of UP and Bihar are finally finding their voice against oppression and marginalisation which has brought its people close to starvation. | Latest News India ...

BIRATNAGAR: Musahar community in the district has demanded that the academic qualifications of chairman of the National Dalit Commission be revised. Arguing that they hardly have a university ...