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Ambedkar Emerged As Modern Prometheus of India
Author – Vishwanath Shegaonkar, IAS (Retired)
In Greek mythology, the life story of Prometheus, a Titan, was remarkably interesting and adventurous who had protected humankind from its extinctio…
Sexuality and Buddhism
Author – Dr Amritpal Kaur
Sexuality is one’s capacity for sexual feelings. It is experienced and expressed in thoughts, fantasies, desires, beliefs, attitudes, values, behaviour, practices, and …
Meet Saka Shailaja – A Dalit Woman Entrepreneur Who Has Uplifted 10,000+ Underprivileged Women in Telangana
47-year-old Saka Shailaja has been doing awe-inspiring work over the last two decades in empowering and economically enabling thousands of women in Telangana – especially women from the Schedul…
Crossroads of Covid – Time for Theological Transition
Authors – Dr Anuradha Bele and Dr Jas Simran Kehal
Reading about Mahavir and Buddha with my son in his class VI ICSE history textbook took us back to the 6th century BC. The chapter explained th…
Toxic Hegemonic Hindu (Brahmin-Savarna) Masculinity Causing Vaccine Apartheid During India’s Covid-19 Crisis
Authors: Narmada P and Jyoti B
Vaccine deprivation is falsely presented as vaccine hesitancy among marginalized sections by the mainstream media in India.
Misinformations, rumours, and all ki…
Sikhism, Caste and Ambedkar
Author – Dr Amritpal Kaur
According to Linda Alcoff, a feminist philosopher and social epistemologist, Identities are culturally located historical formations, open to reinterpretation. She conc…
Why is India Shying to Teach Critical Caste Theory?
Author – Jaimine Vaishnav
Caste is the oldest apartheid that continues to pauperise the human and social capital of the oppressed community, especially the Dalits. Verily, the caste apologists a…
Spread of Casteism – In India and Beyond
Author – Sunny Tawar
“If Hindus migrate to other regions on earth, Indian caste would become a world problem”- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
These words of Ambedkar seems to be proving true as there have b…
Karnan – Movie Review
Author – Bhagyashri Boywad
The recently released movie, Karnan is directed by Mari Selvaraj and the lead role is played by actor Dhanush. The movie starts with a girl laying down on the street, …
Caste at IITs – Statement by APPSC IIT Bombay
It is amidst desolate cries and the numbing daily reports of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic raging across the nation, that we all have witnessed a video recording of an online class for t…
Babasaheb Ambedkar – A Symbol of Knowledge and Sign of Inspiration
Author – Dr. Kapilendra Das
Bharat Ratna Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, an eminent economist, famous historian, prominent jurist, renowned scholar, strong anthropologist, a statesman, social scie…
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[Schedule and Joining Details For 90+ Events] Worldwide Equality and Knowledge Day Celebrations
Worldwide Equality and Knowledge Day Celebration on the occasion of 194th Rashtrapita Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Birth Anniversary and 130th Bharat Ratna Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Birth Anniversary
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Babasaheb Ambedkar – A True Intersectional Feminist
Author – Dr Amritpal Kaur
Women’s oppression is the most widespread and the deepest form of oppression in our society. Women all over the world have been relegated to the position of the other, …
The Problem with Swaero and the Contemporary Discourse on Ambedkarism
Authors – Shogun Gaikwad, Jyoti Bania and Ashok Danavath
Note: We as SC-ST Ambedkarite students, strongly condemn the targeting of Praveen Kumar, IPS by BJP leaders and Hindu Right-wing groups….
Reviewing Caste – A Dalit Woman’s Perspective
Author – Dr Amritpal Kaur
Caste, as Babasaheb said, is a notion but what makes it a complex phenomenon to understand is the fact that it is also a notional reality. Caste is never singular, it i…