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Support Upcoming Documentary – ‘Gail Omvedt and Bharat Patankar: The Story of Organic Intellectuals’
I am Somnath Waghamare, a documentary filmmaker and a research scholar at the School of Social Sciences, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Before this, I have worked at the Film and Televi…
Ambedkar, Gandhi, and Patel – The Making of India’s Electoral System
Babasaheb Ambedkar’s name is synonyms with contemporary institutions that are parts of the democratic set up in India. Increasingly, Babasaheb Ambedkar’s name is invoked in every discussion on aspe…
Union Budget 2018-19 : Mockery of Social Justice Agenda, Promotion of Corporatisation and Financialisation
Union Budget 2018-19: An exercise in jugglery of numbers.
Press Release | New Delhi, February 8, 2018: Calling this year’s union budget ‘just an exercise in manipulation of numbers,’ veteran act…
Should We Visit Temples Patronised or Controlled by Brahmins and Brahmin Priests?
That is a big question! Indeed A Million-Dollar Question! But sure not difficult to Answer! Only that We have to apply our minds, exercise them and coolly think! That We must!! And definitely!…
Is the Government Authorized to Peep into the Private Lives of People?
In an interesting twist, the SC bench has arrived at the conclusions which cannot be accepted by the citizens of India. The government has no right to the private lives of the people. But the judge…
Brahmanist Assault on Buddhists
The massacres and oppression perpetrated by Brahmanist zealots out of religious hatred for Buddhists in ancient times are a matter of the historical record. Yet, for reasons best known to themselve…
Ram Rajya is the Casteist, Racist and Anti-Women Kingdom
Hindu nationalists in the USA are losing no words to praise Trump and his divisive policies. Shalabh Kumar, a Hindu nationalist, close to Trump and was an integral part of Trump’s campaign iterated…
Devadasi – Holy Aryan Hindu Prostitution System in Indian Temples
Devadasi system is not only exploitation of women, it is the institutionalized exploitation of women; it is the exploitation of Dalits, the lower class of untouchables; it is the religious sanction…
Babasaheb Ambedkar – Rebel, Reformer or a Revolutionary
Ambedkar was definitely a Rebel – when he had himself chosen to lead a crusade against the well-established & accepted social norms of the Society. In that, he chose to question & violate the clear…
Predicting the Past
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was a very learned social crusader. Widely read in history, culture, religion, economy, law and jurisprudence; realised very early in his career that distortion of religion …
Baba Saheb Ambedkar, SCs & STs and Railways
Ambedkar, Dr Ambedkar – Yes, Dr Ambedkar for the World, Baba Saheb for the Nation, Messiah for SC&ST Dalits – is still called the Leader of the Dalits, Leader of only the SC&ST Dalits. For some, he…
आंबेडकर बनाम हेडगेवार: जाति विनाश बनाम समरस एकात्मवाद
दिलीप मंडल
पुणे के पास भीमा कोरेगांव में दलितों के सालाना जमावड़े पर हमले और उसके बाद के आंदोलन से संघ यानी आरएसएस चिंतित है. मध्य प्रदेश के विदिशा में चल रही संघ के मध्य क्षेत्र की समन्वय बैठक …
Unconscionable – Caste Prejudice in India
In the last week’s edition of the Economist, there is an article on Caste Prejudice in India. The article is focused on the Dalits and the subtext of the article is: Dalits are better off than they…
Why Policy Analysis is a Crucial Aspect of the Social and Political Movement?
In the democratic political system, either we work as the government or with the government if there has to be any significant change in the lives of the people through state intervention. If the p…
Dr. Ambedkar and Democracy – An Anthology
Jaffrelot and Narender Kumar edited select passages from the vast ocean of Ambedkariana that relates to Dr. Ambedkar’s thoughts on Democracy. It is a useful addition to the corpus of the literature…