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The Murder of Dalit-Bahujan King Mahabali and the Myth of Onam

by rti_adminon August 26, 2012March 20, 20233

James Michael (For Dalit Camera: Through Un-Touchable Eyes) Onam is the only national festival of Kerala that has assumed a universal secular character. Other popular festivals like Christmas or Bakrid are closely identified with particular religions like Christianity and Islam. Although many Keralities participate in non-Hindu festivals, Onam assumes its certain universality in terms of …

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The Dalit liberation Movement in Colonial Period (Part II)

by rti_adminon April 9, 2012March 20, 20239

Gail Omvedt & Bharat Patankar Continued from here. The Rise of Dalit Movements Though attempts were begun by the dalit castes from the late 19th century to organise themselves, the various sections of the dalit liberation movement really began to take off from the 1920s, in the context of the strong social reform and anti-caste …