For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Kavya Harshitha Jidugu “If you have come here to help me you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” — Lilla Watson Caste is deeply rooted in the Savarna psyche and is an insidious phenomenon; whether enacted in conservative contexts …
Aniruddha Mahajan The month of December commemorates the death anniversaries of two leading social reformers and anti-caste crusaders in India – Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and Sant Gadge Baba. While a considerable number of studies and discussions have examined the groundbreaking contributions of these two prominent figures in both global and regional contexts, the nature …
Sindu Deivanayagam December 2nd, 2024 marked the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy, a disaster whose devastating impact continues to affect people to this day. This year also marks the first anniversary of the Ennore gas leak. On the night of December 26th 2023, as Ennore was already grappling with the effects of the …
Kanaga Varathan Members of BCP “Bachelor’s club of Parthasarathipuram” have assembled in their society hall for a monthly review meeting on a second Saturday as usual. Today’s agenda was to discuss the statement the club intended to release as part of their golden jubilee celebration. Members of the club were deeply concerned by various violent …
Swapnil Sunil Gangavane In recent years, there has been a noticeable surge in films and television serials in India dedicated to the life and struggles of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, a towering figure in Indian history and the principal architect of the Indian Constitution. While these productions are ostensibly created to honor Ambedkar’s legacy and shed …
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 …