Paras Kumar On the 5th of October, Rajendra Pal Gautam, the minister of social welfare in the NCT Delhi Government, attended the Buddha Dhamma Deeksha Samaroh event, which was organised by Mission Jai Bhim and the Buddhist Society of India on the occasion of Ashoka Vijaya Dashmi, at which hundreds of Dalits embraced Buddhism. Gautam …
Rise of Modi and Anti-Muslim Politics: A Critical Reading of the Left
K K Baburaj After hearing the news of BJP securing individual majority in parliament, I visited a friend of mine. His father, a retired teacher and a well-known leftist locally being an ex-leader of a left wing teachers’ association, started talking to me enthusiastically about the election results. “This result is a reply to the …
Who is the “Aaam Aadmi” in AAP?
Suresh Mane, General Secretary of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), spoke recently to Ria De, of Dalit Camera: Through Un-Touchable Eyes, on the Aam Aadmi Party and the emerging contours of politics in India. This video interview was transcribed by Ajith Francis. Recently, Indian politics is undergoing radical changes- drastic changes especially in the …