Co-founders of the initiative behind The Dalit Panther Project, Nayantara Bhatkal, Shrujana Shridhar and Prem Ayyathurai at Shivaji Park on the occasion of the death anniversary of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar asking visitors to register for their WhatsApp films. Pic/Satej Shinde

It is possible that 2016 has seen the greatest surge of Dalit thought and movement in recent years, right from the nation wide reaction to the suicide of Hyderabad University scholar Rohith Vemula to the Dalit uprising after cow vigilantes attacked four tanners in Gujarat. It is only logical, therefore, that a team of three youngsters have set up an initiative that is researching and documenting the Dalit movement India, starting off with The Dalit Panther Project, which recalls one of the most vociferous and finest historical movements for the marginalised.