Pradhani Bag Bhatapani and Dumerpani villages lie on the border of Kalahandi and Nabarangpur districts and fall under under Gotomunda Gram Panchayat, in Koksara Tahasil of Kalahandi district (Odisha). Since 1999, 42 families are living in this forest area in both Bhatapani and Dumerpani villages, in the Sahajkhol reserved forest of Behera forest range of …
Raising a Buddhist generation
Chanchal Kumar Our parents shielded us from any candid discussion on caste while growing up, perhaps believing that if the monster was not mentioned, it would simply cease to exist. Another way to look at it could be that they tried to warn us but we were too busy to pay attention and too …
Charisma without Organizational Leadership is Abortive for Dalit Politics
Rahul Sonpimple Charisma is elusive yet the most common term to define leadership. Charismatic leadership is usually perceived as essential and assenting, specifically in politics. However, the history of charismatic leadership may not allow one to continue with such romanticism. Nazism led by Hitler and Italian Fascism led by Mussolini are the two most discussed …
A portrait of the casteist as a young influencer
Shy of inquiry into privilege, social media posts flaunt antiquated attitudes to caste, reservations Rahi Gaikwad We are all to some extent the prisoners of our upbringing.-PD James (Death in Holy Orders) If anyone has any doubts about how the virus of caste has mutated into a 21st century variant in the minds of upper …
Crossroads of Covid: Time for Theological Transition
Dr Anuradha Bele & Dr Jas Simran Kehal Reading about Mahavir and Buddha with my son in his class VI ICSE history textbook took us back to the 6th century BC. The chapter explained state of affairs that led to rise of a new religious revolution. The causes enumerated in the textbook forced me …
Typing Out on the Keyboard: A Colonial Spectre or Failure of the Indian Nation-State
Vinod Kumar I was writing something down, jotting down my thoughts about a certain incident, or perhaps, it was merely a random idea; it was a feeling I wanted to note down soon after having my breakfast. In the middle of recording my thoughts in English, I felt the urgent need to write a few …
Ensuring Access to Justice for Oppressed Communities: Need for proper implementation of Constitution
Bodhi Ramteke Dr. B. R Ambedkar once said, “If I was asked to name any particular article in this Constitution as the most important — an article without which this Constitution would be a nullity, then I could not refer to any other article except Article 32.1 It is the heart and soul …
Rant against the ranters (aka Why I no longer talk to ‘upper castes’ about caste?)
Vivek Singh It boils my blood when you sneerMake faces and whisper ‘reservation’. What exactly is your frustration, your critique, what is the devastationThat it brings in your life that you hate it so? Or is it the idea of me sitting next to youThat makes you say no? What is it that your frail …
Caste, and the failure of Indian Legal System
Rachna Gautam In every civilized society, there is an indispensable need for law for the proper governance of society. People by virtue of being human are rational and move ahead in the direction which can fulfill their interest at best and because of the presence of numerous people with varying interests their paths or the …