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Identify Atrocity Prone Areas & Provide Two Licensed Arms to Every Scheduled Caste Village

by rti_adminon April 8, 2025April 8, 2025Leave a Comment0

Karthik Navayan 1. The Home Secretary, Secretary Office, Department of Home (DoH), Government of India, Room No. 113, North Block, New Delhi – 110001, Email – hshso@nic.in 2. The Secretary, The Department of Social Justice & Empowerment Government of India, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi – 110001, Email secywel@nic.in Karthik Navayan Copy to: Hon’ble President of India, Rashtrapati Bhawan, President’s Estate, …

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‘Atta Deepo Bhava’ – Guru Ravidas Jayanti Celebration in Delhi University

by rti_adminon February 18, 2025February 18, 2025Leave a Comment2

LC2 Students The venue that law students of Delhi University had selected for their event was occupied by the ‘Madari’ organizers. When asked what is ‘Madari’? A group from Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar explained in Hindi that ‘Madari’ means a person who makes the monkey dance”. They also added, “This is how the politicians …

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The importance of music as a source of resistance: “Maaza Baipan”

by rti_adminon February 7, 2025February 7, 2025Leave a Comment596

Anushri Wankhade The importance of presenting socio-political and cultural issues through art in the form of poetry & music has evolved as a crucial tool to empower communities and to spread awareness about societal inequalities. Art in the form of poetry and music has evolved as a crucial tool in social movements over centuries, starting …

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Performative Allyship and Performing Caste

by rti_adminon December 31, 2024December 31, 2024Leave a Comment52

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 …

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Question of political ideology: Should we accept or reject Marxism?

by rti_adminon December 1, 2024December 1, 2024Leave a Comment4

Samyak Samudre This essay is primarily written for Ambedkarites who either reject or completely embrace Marxism. Karl Marx was a social scientist, economist, and philosopher who was born in 1818. His ideology is commonly referred to as communism. His extensive writings demonstrate his outstanding scholarship. Published in 1867, “Das Kapital” [1] is perhaps his most …

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The preamble of Indian constitution: A password of social transformation formation

by rti_adminon October 30, 2024October 30, 2024Leave a Comment2

Kuldip Chand Dobhetta We are celebrating the 77th independence day. But the question remains whether we have been successful in ensuring independence to all or it is just an annual festival for few. I am writing my personal views about social change in India and how our Preamble is helpful to this process. In recent …

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Academic Scopophilia and the alarming return of National Socialism in German Academia

by rti_adminon October 8, 2024October 8, 2024Leave a Comment68

Umar Nizar Orientalism as a discipline has been detrimental to the fortunes of eastern civilisations, particularly that of India. The translation of a corpus of Indic heritage by the likes of Max Meuller rendered India susceptible to military interference and onslaught by great powers in the age of steam-powered industrialisation. The inscrutability of China can …

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Teacher’s Day and Upper Castes’ Glorification

by rti_adminon September 19, 2024September 20, 2024Leave a Comment223

Pramod Kumar India celebrates 5th September as Teacher’s Day, which marks the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishan. According to Caste Hindu society and Brahminized narratives, he is considered a champion and role model for teachers, someone who inspires students. However, this raises the question of which student community is inspired by such figures and …

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Hindutva culture in higher education campuses

by rti_adminon September 16, 2024September 16, 2024Leave a Comment8

Sanjukta Bhowal What does religious tolerance and celebrating secularism in a college campus look like? In my college – Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, it looks like this – saffron insignia decorating the mess, special veg lunch for January 22, no non vegetarian food in the mess for the hindu month of shravan, seminars by iskcon, holidays …