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Exploitation and Resistance in Indian Corporate Culture

Mohit Meshram I worked at a startup company while pursuing higher education, facing family and financial issues at the time. The company was a fintech firm providing personal loans to students and employees, similar to a company like Mpokket, and it was earning substantial profits. I was part of the KYC verification department, but there …

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Dr. Ambedkar and the Question of Caste Identity

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Dr. SPVA Sairam In India, caste is the major form of identity that dictates every walk of life, from womb to tomb. This article aims to deal with the question of caste identity of Scheduled Castes through the lens of Dr. Ambedkar. Broadly speaking, there are two aspects to this question of Caste Identity. Firstly, …

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Dr. Ambedkar and Sayajirao Gaikwad: The relationship that made history

The tale of two interviews Dr. SPVA Sairam I] The Interview of Sayajirao Gaikwad by Maharani Jamnabai In the year 1870, Malharrao Gaikwad ascended the throne of Baroda after the death of his brother Maharaja Khanderao [1828-1870] and in a very short span, he had drawn the wrath of  both the masses and the British …

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Dear Dalits, Beware of the ‘Toilet Woman of India’!

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Dhamma Darshan Nigam This write-up is in response to the interview titled ‘Toilet woman of India: The woman Narendra Modi is scared of’ published on our prestigious platform, the Round Table India (RTI), on January 15, 2022. The woman interviewed was Pragya Akhilesh.  I am not here to challenge the claims that she is the …

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50 Years of Bangladeshi Independence and the Unresolved Question of the Lower Castes

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Mayur Kudupale Bangladesh is celebrating 50 years of independence from Pakistan. It has been a remarkable journey for this country that has set an ideal example in the Indian subcontinent. The independence of Bangladesh and post-independence development is directly associated with the India-Pakistan tussles. Soon after independence, Henry Kissinger had famously called Bangladesh a ‘Basket …