The Dalits, also called the "untouchables, " "outcastes, " and most recently "slumdogs, " comprise nearly one quarter of Indiaś society, with population estimates of 250 million people. The term "Dalit" means "those who have been broken and ground down deliberately by those above them in the social hierarchy." Dalits live at risk of discrimination, dehumanization, violence, and enslavement through human trafficking every day. By all global research and reports, the Dalits constitute the largest number of people categorized as victims of modern-day slavery. In many ways, India's Dalits are the supreme victims of human civilization. For over 3,000 years, they have endured spiritual, physical, social, economic, cultural, and political dehumanization. There are few days in India when the newspapers do not report atrocities against the Dalits. However, Dalit oppression and dehumanization is only a symptom of a much larger problem. The greater disease is what Dalit scholars call "Brahminism" which gave rise to the caste system of so many years ago. This book powerfully narrates recent developments in India and the complex challenges facing the Indian Church and other faith communities as a result. It tells why Indian Christians have been targeted by the casteist Hindulva forces. And, it shows how Jesus is critically important to the Dalit Freedom movement.