Round Table India – For An Informed Ambedkar Age

The Unmeasured Wound: Untouchability, Survey Instruments, and the Limits of the SEEEPC Exercise in Telangana

by rti_adminon May 5, 2026May 5, 2026Leave a Comment1

Santhosh Juvvaka Article 17 of the Indian Constitution abolished untouchability in 1950 and declared its practice in any form a punishable offence. Seventy-five years later, the Telangana Socio-Economic, Education, Employment, Political and Caste (SEEEPC) Survey 2024 — the most ambitious caste enumeration exercise undertaken by any Indian state in the post-independence period — surveyed nearly …

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Publisher’s Note on the book ‘Navayāna Philosophy: A Modern Interpretation of the Teachings of the Buddha’

by rti_adminon May 5, 2026May 7, 2026Leave a Comment10

Ratnesh Katulkar Navayāna constitutes a global and universal philosophy. Numerous authors have written on its diverse dimensions, and many books have presented its perspectives. Yet, regrettably, no single comprehensive volume has thus far been available on this entire philosophy. For this reason, as soon as the proposal for the present work was received, we immediately …

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Ambedkar & AI: Mahad to Metaverse

by rti_adminon April 22, 2026April 22, 2026Leave a Comment11

Dr Jas Simran Kehal Not long ago, British historian Perry Anderson said that “To read Ambedkar is to enter a different world.” Now, when the whole world enters a different era – an era of Artificial Intelligence – does the century-old philosophy of Ambedkar carry forward its appeal in the era of Metaverse? Or will …

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Patriarchal “Protection”: Why the Argument Against Menstrual Leave Fails Working Women

by rti_adminon April 22, 2026April 22, 2026Leave a Comment60

Priti Kumari The Supreme Court of India recently rejected a plea seeking mandatory nationwide menstrual leave. The rationale provided by the Bench was that such a mandate could inadvertently hinder women’s employment, discourage corporate hiring, and ultimately damage career growth. At first glance, this reasoning might appear protective. However, in a society largely structured by …

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Dalit Voices and the Illusion of Participation in Village Decision Making

by rti_adminon April 10, 2026April 10, 2026Leave a Comment14

Anusha Racheti “Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy.” – B. R. Ambedkar, Speech to the Constituent Assembly, 25 November 1949. This warning by Ambedkar reminds us that democracy is not just about institutions or elections, but about whether people can truly speak and be heard. In many …

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A Journey of Awakening: Embracing Ambedkarite Identity

by rti_adminon April 2, 2026April 2, 2026Leave a Comment13

Sanjana I am from Pune and studied at some of the more famous colleges, such as Fergusson College and Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics. Why mention this? What is the use of this academic information? Maybe I want to portray that as a milestone. Like a few other students in this prestigious college, I …

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Rumours on the Riverbank

by rti_adminon March 22, 2026March 22, 2026Leave a Comment6

Somnath Das The Special Intensive Revision of the state’s voter list left Bangladeshi immigrants in acute panic in a Purba Bardhaman hamlet, and those working in cities were unsure about whether their identity documents were adequate and whether they might be forced to move again. ‘Will they say we have to leave India?’ Immigrants from …