What do they know of Kathakali, Who they only Kathakali knows? Mistaken Modernities in Kerala Umar Nizar The cultural ecosystem in southern India, has been at the forefront of heralding an Indic future, from APJ Abdul Kalam on the Veena to TM Krishna performing live at the beaches of Kerala and TN, the southern …
दलितों बहुजनों का बौद्ध धर्म स्वीकार और हिन्दू शुभचिंतकों की षड्यंत्रकारी सलाह
संजय जोठे (Sanjay Jothe) सभी दलितों ओबीसी और आदिवासियों द्वारा बौद्ध धर्म अपनाने सलाह पर कई शुभचन्तकों की टिप्पणियाँ आतीं हैं जो बहुत कुछ सोचने को विवश करती हैं. ये मित्र बहुत सारे मुद्दों पर विचार करके कुछ लिखते हैं और उनका एकमात्र आग्रह यही होता है कि दलितों को हिन्दू धर्म नहीं छोड़ना …
Casteless kitchens of casteist households
Abul Kalam Azad “Caste is not just a division of labour, it is a division of labourers” ~ B. R. Ambedkar Recently, a big revelation penetrated the national media with considerable sensationalism – according to the results of the India Human Development Survey (IHDS-2), the largest pan-Indian non-government household survey, which involved surveyors asking …
Nandy’s militia of liberals
Parakh Chouhan On 26 January, during a literary festival in Jaipur, Ashish Nandy told the audiences what he really feels about the majority of the country (dalits, adivasis, and bahujan), who have been kept at the bottom, and out of the social order for the last four thousand years. Here is his statement: “How …