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Remembering Nangeli, Who Challenged the Caste System by Refusing to Pay Inhumane ‘Breast Tax’
This article is part of a series called “Heroes And Sheroes Of Plural India” under #AnHourForCommunalHramony campaign to celebrate the Heroes and Sheroes who struggled to shape modern India in all …
Exposing Swami Vivekananda – The Youth Icon Only for Brahmins
It is really very unfortunate on the part of Indian history that deliberately glorifies the “Brahminic icons” as “Indian and World icons.” I see a lot of people (especially Brahmins and upper-caste…
Should Dalits Try to Save Dying Congress or Unplug its Oxygen?
With dying Congress trying its best to appeal to Dalits by organising events on Dr. Ambedkar and some Dalits participating in the events, there are questions in the minds of Dalits whether the situ…
Will Bringing Laws Against Killings in The Name of Cow Protection Work?
With the rise in the killings in the name of the cow protection, there is the demand of some sections of society that there should be a specific law against punishing and stopping those who commit …
What Amit Shah is Selling and How Opposition Can Counter BJP
Amit Shah, the President of the BJP, is a hardworking man. He is a seasoned politician who has a wide experience of politics and elections. Elections after elections, he is becoming more sharper an…
How is RSS/BJP Undermining Federalism in India
Indian political system is designed to be a federal system in the normal times and it can become a union with unprecedented power to the union government in the emergency situation.
There are th…
Casteist Mindset – Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Shown on Billboard as Rubbish Picker
On social media these days there is one poster that is being circulated, which some says is from Delhi. In this billboard picture, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar is shown picking the rubbish and dumping in…
Is India Turning Into A Failed State Like Venezuela?
How to stop India turning into a failed state like Venezuela?
Hugo Chavez came to power in Venezuela with a strong rhetoric of populist policies and as it turned out many of his policies were po…
An Identity Revolution
On July 14th one of my cousins’ wife gave birth to a baby girl and she is the first girl in his family after two generations. All my family members were happy, but I was partially happy. The reason…
An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook India’s Castiest and Unilateral Attitude
Respected Mark Zuckerberg,
Says Akbar Allahabadi, the famous Urdu poet of India:
“Do not pull the arrows neither sword,
When the cannon is ready, take out the newspaper! ”
Sir, in …
ज़िंदाबाद-मुर्दाबाद के बीच फंसी देशभक्ति
बुरहानपुर जिले के मोहद गाँव के 15 लड़कों पर से राजद्रोह का मुकदमा हटाकर सांप्रदायिक सौहार्द बिगाड़ने का मुकदमा कायम किया जाना यह बताता है कि इस घटना के गंभीर सियासी निहितार्थ हैं। हिन्दुस्तान के बटवा…
Affirmative Action – Doctors, Activists Demand Quota in Deemed Universities
CHENNAI: Eighty-two SC candidates and only 11 ST candidates of the 6,027 MBBS seats in deemed universities across the country for which first round admission counselling was held recently; that is …
Economic-based Reservation – A Brahmanical Myth to Re-establish Brahmanical Supremacy
To replace the caste-based reservation with economic-based reservation is another attempt by Brahmins to preserve their concealed supremacy. Other than attempting to annihilate caste, they are tryi…
Remembering Revolutionary Poet – Annabhau Sathe
Homage to Annabhau Sathe: Revolutionary poet, writer, dramatist, novelists, song writer, Ballad writer, activists, Marxists, staunch Ambedkarite, leader of the masses, and internationalist.
Anna…
Tales of Two Kama Sutra
Wendy Doniger is a fascinating scholar. She writes with a purpose. The classic ‘the Hindus’ is banned in India by the Hindu fundamentalists. Instead of arguing against her cogent and thorough analy…