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How Political Agendas Distort Marginalized Histories?: Lessons from the Debate on Fatima Sheikh’s Legacy

by rti_adminon January 21, 2025January 21, 2025Leave a Comment5

Dr. Govind Dhaske History writing is an academic endeavor; however, in India, it is equally an active political field. Dilip Mandal’s recent confession-style posts have sparked intense debates regarding Fatima Sheikh’s association with Jyotirao and Savitribai Phule and her contributions to their educational work. These discussions have surfaced more fundamental questions about how histories are …

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Dom Baja (Desia Baja) in South Odisha: Tracing the History of a Dalit Community Through Music

by rti_adminon November 20, 2024November 20, 2024Leave a Comment11

Sumit Samos Introduction: When we hear the word Dom, it is very often the seminal ethnography “Death in Banaras” by Jonathan Parry (1994) and Niraj Ghaywan’s popular film Masaan that come to our mind. And both of them have dealt with the theme of Doms being the corpse burners in the ghats of Banaras (a …

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From Bhaijaan to Bhai, the Slogans that Divide Cultures in Contemporary India

by rti_adminon August 23, 2023August 23, 2023Leave a Comment93

Vinod Kumar On August 8, 2023, front page news in the Times of India reported the violence that recently broke out during communal riots in Haryana. On a usual day, I prefer not to take sides based on what I read because the representation of facts is often minced in the news. However, the article …

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The ones who walk away from India

by rti_adminon May 21, 2023May 21, 2023Leave a Comment3

Chanchal Kumar Those who have read Ursula Le Guin’s short story Those Who Walk Away from Omelas, might be in a fix as to the ways in which the story can be interpreted. How to apply it to the world in which we live in? In this essay I will try to look at the …

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The Life And Times Of Jaipal Singh Munda

by rti_adminon March 20, 2023March 20, 202329

(Biographical Account Of Jaipal Singh Munda Based On The Book ‘The Life And Times Of Jaipal Singh Munda’ By Santosh Kiro) Mohit Singh “You cannot teach democracy to the tribal people; you have to learn democratic ways from them.” On 19 December 1946, Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda roared these words in the Constituent Assembly …

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Chaityabhoomi Film Project

by rti_adminon June 16, 2021March 20, 20230

Somnath Waghmare Dear all, I am plannning to edit our Chaityabhoomi film project this month. We plan to complete the edit by mid-July. After that, I want to organize film screenings online and with organisations who are interested in it. We will release the film to all on 6th December, 2021.

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1921, Mappila and the idea of a nation

by rti_adminon February 17, 2021March 20, 20235

Bobby Kunhu Despite the extensive work by historians like K. N. Panikkar, the general consensus that the 1921 Malabar rebellion was a peasant rebellion and the fact that the Government of Kerala awards pension to those who participated in the rebellion and their spouses – there are strong attempts to portray the events of 1921 …

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Bhima Koregaon: The battle between writer and director

by rti_adminon January 1, 2021March 20, 20230

Rahul Pagare Bhima Koregaon is an epitome of glory, bravery, and courage that our ancestors gifted us by sacrificing their lives. The freedom which we got in 1818 is more significant than any other kind of independence. This freedom gave birth to the revolutionary Mahatma Phule, the super courageous Shahu Maharaj, and the nation …

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Deifying the Migrant Mother and Kolkata’s erasure of Caste

by rti_adminon November 15, 2020March 20, 20230

Aatika Singh Pallab Bhowmick, an artist, has come up with the concept of portraying Goddess Durga as a migrant mother for this year’s Durga Pujo in Kolkata’s Barisha club. The finely carved and aesthetically beautiful sculpture is being widely applauded for its progressive form and thought. However, this particular theme showcasing a migrant woman laborer …