For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Akshay Gujar It has been a decade that the Modi Government is in power in the centre and as the ruling party in other states. Maharashtra also couldn’t resist the Modi wave in its state election of 2014 and BJP ruled the state from 2014 till 2019 with the support of its natural ally Shiv …
Pradnya Garud In part 2 of her interview, Catherine Liu discusses the ideological shifts in U.S. academia after 1968 and its role in manufacturing elite consensus. She examines the rise of liberal authoritarianism and its failure to deliver material gains for the working class. Towards the end, Professor Liu traces the emergence of trauma in …
Sindu Deivanayagam and Apeksha Singegol Whether it is village or an urban setting, the system always functions in a hierarchical set up. A marginalized person, especially a Dalit, has to keep finding ways to survive and sustain. Even though urbanization and cities have created a mirage of anonymity that should serve some protection, that same …
Nonglik Claire Asem Imagine a photograph of a child cradled on his mother’s lap, a fleeting moment of innocence captured in a world falling apart. Now imagine that same child, not days later, found lifeless — shot in the knee and stabbed in the chest. This is not fiction. This is Manipur. This is India’s …
Ibin Nayakam Every social activist in Kerala’s fishing community was talking about a new action movie last month: debutant director Ajith Mampally’s “Kondal”. The director, himself from the fishing community, has made a significant mark with this film, not just for the Malayali mainstream but for a global audience. This week, the movie was released …
Kanaga Varathan “My body is my politics, my actions are my movement, my life is my statement,” everyone was astonished when the firebrand activist stamped their authority. “We need to educate people on how important it is to learn from black women and intersectional movement to strengthen anti-caste struggles,” the casual coffee shop conversation suddenly …
Suvendu Barik 1. Caste violence on barbers A default understanding of the social position of barbers in the Shudra hierarchy is of holding them accountable for denying haircuts to Schedule Caste communities. While barbers are considered low-caste, they hold onto various casteist norms and simultaneously are minutely regulated by oppressor castes (and feudal, landed communities) …
Ayaz Ahmad Racial minorities of America fought a valiant battle against educational segregation. They made huge sacrifices in their social, political and legal struggle for the creation of integrated educational spaces. That brave Afro-American struggle for the abolition of ‘the separate but equal doctrine’ is stuff of the legends. The US Supreme Court judgment in …
Lokesh Bag The Supreme Court of India, in its review judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, delivered a verdict on August 1, 2024 allowing states the authority to sub-classify reserved category groups, such as Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), for the purpose of reservations. This judgment has sparked widespread debate, especially …