Paul,

being Indian, speaking two Indian languages (with some understanding of a third Indian language) helps me understand the Dalit issue far more than you. Unless you are going to claim that you are Indian too?

When there are 300 million Dalits, there are multiple facts that one can use to make any case. Are the Dalits better off than they were twenty years ago? Yes. Is there discrimination against them? Yes. The Sachar committee report has showed that the Dalits have overtaken the Muslims. Now if you are an Arabic speaker, you would know that the Muslims were the ruling class in India before the British came. So there has been a lot of churning in Indian society. 

And yet, there has been relatively less violence despite this churn. India has one of the least amount of ISIS members, despite having 180 million Muslims. Because the Dalit authored constitution has enforced democracy. In 1947, all Dalits could vote. All Blacks in the US couldn't. All Natives in Canada couldn't.