A two-day national conference of Dalit writers, organised by the Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Akademi has begun in New Delhi on Sunday. Several delegates from India and abroad are participating in the event, which was, inaugurated by the spiritual head of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje. The delegates will also discuss various issues relating to depressed and downtrodden people.