Vol. 7, Issue 2, Part E (2025)

The Dalits have endured unrelenting discrimination, social and economic marginalisation, and subjugation throughout known history. Around 16. 23% of India's population, or 170 million downtrodden and marginalised parts of society, were subjected to crude forms of stigmatisation, exploitation, and humiliation in the social context, as per the 2011 census. Even though Dalits are a stigmatised and marginalised population in all contexts—political as well as communication—mainstream culture never stops bragging about the advantages of protective discrimination and reservations. Indian media handles, interprets, and reports Dalit news in a biased manner, sometimes referred to as caste apartheid politics. Social media has opened up new channels for public conversation and Dalit politics. Dalits are deprived of spaces in mainstream media, subjected to discriminatory news and viewpoints, and victims of most targeted violence. As such, they have limited access to public, national, and international discourses. Digital media provides a forum for them to draw attention to these issues. In order to mobilise them and bring their issues and identity to light, the Dalit community is developing its own public space. The paper aims to investigate Dalit assertion on social media, delving into the problems of Dalit identities in the media mainstream and Dalit empowerment online. Additionally, it tracks the circumstances facing Indian Dalits in the political and social diaspora, investigates the role that cyberspace plays in the community's survival, and familiarises with Dalit-friendly digital platforms that strengthen Dalit voices within Indian society.