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Immanuel Sekaran: Symbol of Resistance

by rti_adminon October 9, 2019March 20, 20231

Bagavanidhi M Once when I gave Babasaheb Ambedkar’s book to my friend in Rameshwaram in southern Tamil Nadu, I asked the friend who belongs to a dominant caste Maravar community how his parents would react. He replied saying his parents don’t know much about Ambedkar, but if this was an Immanuel Sekaran book, it …

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The Caste of Right to Religion: The Peculiar Case of Umashankar

by rti_adminon February 27, 2015March 20, 20230

Bobby Kunhu Amidst all the #acchedin of ghar wapsi and the demands for anti-conversion laws, a peculiar case has been brewing in Tamil Nadu – a case that would have been amusing – if not for the tragic locations surrounding it. As I write this piece, I am watching an interview on Thanthi TV …