Pranav Jeevan P Part 1 Most people believe that democracy means voting in an election every 5 years. Elections in a representative democracy is of course an essential part of the very idea of political democracy, but that doesn’t mean that the very idea of democracy is limited to this right to vote. Moreover, …
What’s in a surname?
Tejas Harad We are a caste society. Everybody has a caste here. Castes are classified in four varnas: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra (in descending order of hierarchy), but there is a fifth category too. If a person’s caste doesn’t come under in any of the four varnas, they are literally an outcaste (Avarna, …
Dalit History Matters
Dalit History Matters Collective (Vee Karunakaran, Christina Thomas Dhanaraj, Asha Kowtal, Sanghapali Aruna, Manisha Devi, and Thenmozhi Soundararajan) I am Dalit HistoryYOU are Dalit HistoryWE are Dalit HIstory And we believe thatit’s not just HISstory, but HERstory, and OURstorythat are necessary to set us free. Founded on these beliefs, Dalit History Month is committed …