Friday, March 29, 2024

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The Visceral Prose of Baburao Bagul and the Dalit Uprising

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Baburao Bagul was a pioneer of Marathi literature during the 20th century and produced many dominating works which depicted the pathology of Dalit life.

Jyotirao Phule: The Thinker Who Compelled us to Think

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Jyotirao Phule was an Indian thinker and activist who worked extensively for the upliftment of the downtrodden castes and initiated the process of educating the Dalit girl child.

Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev Calls Ambedkar, Periyar Followers “Intellectual Terrorists”

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Baba Ramdev calls Periyar, Ambedkar and their followers “intellectual terrorists.” His statements have brought about great anger.

Do We Reproduce the very Inequality, We Wish to End?

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With caste hierarchy and discrimination intrinsically embedded in our society, its time to wonder if we are responsible for perpetually reproducing it though our actions?

Could the Swavarna Premchand Depict the Life-World of the Downtrodden Dalit?

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One of the most vehement critiques of Premchand is that as a Kayastha he was unable to understand the pathology of caste.

Anecdotes from a Caste Society: Growing Up in India’s Caste Torn Villages

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Anecdotes from childhood, experiences from the field and an engagement with the question of caste and its implications on the minds of children- makes the following piece an important reflection on the issue of caste in our times.

Does the Development Quotient Cease to be Significant to the Average Indian Voter?

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It was not Development but caste and identity that formed the basis of voting in Lok Sabha elections, 2019.
Manual scavenging

In Modi’s ‘Swachh Bharat’ Dalits Continue to be Manual scavengers

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More than seventy years since independence have passed and yet we see that most of India’s manual scavengers and cesspit cleaners are invariably Dalits or poor Muslims.  Can Clean India become meaningful without cleaning the muck of caste discrimination?

Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Suicides Remind Us of the Urgency of Educational Reformation

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EDUCATION It is shocking to note that 49 children have committed suicide from 2013-2017 at the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas for a series of issues like family problems, unrequited love, depression among others.

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