For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Dr Rinzing Ongmu Sherpa Laryoo abo laryo laryo (she will fall, she will now fall). Audience at the Inox West Point Mall, 4th June 2026 The Security Guard: Baini, what kind of work do you have outside at this hour of the night? Where are you coming from? Incident April 2025, Sikkim The 21st Century …
Dr Govind Dhaske and Gayatri Sutar Many interpret the sudden rise of the Cockroach Janta Party as the beginning of the much-awaited and hoped-for Gen Z revolt against the BJP. It has emerged around real issues that youth could easily resonate with, such as unemployment, examination failures, paper leaks, and inflation. The humiliation of young …
Prof. Vivek Kumar Gen-Z, as a homogeneous category, is not possible in India because Indian youth are not a uniform social group. First of all, historically, because of Varnashrama-Dharma, there was no category of youth in Indian society. Because after Brahmacharya, individuals directly entered into the Grahastha Ashrama. Hence, there was no time to enjoy their youth. …
Mohd Ashraf New Delhi: In the hidden corners of Delhi’s vast sanitation network, where the city’s waste disappears out of sight, workers like Sudhir and Jitender carry out some of the city’s most dangerous and invisible labour. Their work keeps drains flowing and neighbourhoods livable, yet their own lives remain marked by insecurity, stigma, and …
Misritha Arvapally The recent mass sterilisation drive in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh has again revealed the enduring continuities between the family-planning tradition of India and the long history of forced population control in this country. Almost 180 Adivasi women, their children, and other family members were called to a camp in the Bagh Community …
Kshirod Nag In contemporary India, education is increasingly understood through the language of employability, skill development and economic productivity. Schools and universities are judged by placement records, competitive examination outcomes and their ability to supply labour to the market. While these concerns are important in a modern economy, such a narrow understanding obscures a deeper …
Shruti Patil Leisure, as the Cambridge Dictionary defines it, is a time when you are not working or doing other duties. It is often imagined as time set apart for rest, pleasure, free from responsibilities or obligations. This understanding assumes a clear boundary between work and non-work, where once responsibilities end, leisure begins. However, this …
Haokholal Kipgen The ethnic conflict that erupted in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur in May 2023 became one of the most devastating episodes of ethnic violence in contemporary India. Initially triggered by the demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for the dominant Meitei community, the crisis soon escalated into a prolonged conflict between the …
Dr Neeraj Bunkar, Mahesh Admankar The Movement’s Origins — and What We Didn’t Know The Cockroach Janta Party emerged as a satirical response to a controversial remark attributed to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant Sharma, who, during a court hearing on May 15, 2026, compared unemployed youth involved in social media, journalism, or RTI …