ELIZABETH ABRAHAM based in New Delhi is an Associate Fellow of Indian Institute of Dalit Studies. Her research proposes to understand the convergence point between Dalit groups and civil society initiatives around the issues of caste and their attempts at addressing issues other than anti – caste struggles. More specifically, how far democratic forums like World Social Forum and India Social Forum, which are primarily anti-globalisation forums, has been successful in addressing the primary issues like dignity, discrimination, deprivation and land rights that Dalit groups are struggling for ? And how far Dalit groups can identify themselves with the mainstream anti-globalisation issues since opposing neo – liberal policies has never been the prime concern of the Dalit groups.