As India went into a nationwide lockdown to fight the Coronavirus pandemic, caste animosity continued its rampage and destroyed the lives of thousands of Dalit persons across the country. The book No Lockdown on Caste Atrocities: Stories of Caste Crimes during the COVID-19 Pandemic produced by Dalit Human Rights Defenders network (DHRDNet) tells stories of 60 such cases of caste crimes that took place while the country was under lockdown in order to deconstruct the psycho-social and legal dynamics that perpetuate caste violence.

DALIT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NETWORK (DHRDNet) is a coalition of over 1000 Dalit human rights defenders from across India. The main objective of DHRDNet is to create an efficient network of leading Dalit Human Rights Defenders to combat the rights abuses and to ensure that antidiscrimination mechanisms are properly and thoroughly implemented.

SALMA VEERARAGHAV is a certified Communications professional from Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She is the Founder of C4C, and has over two decades of work experience with International NGOs, domestic NGOs, Television Industry and the Education sector.