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Babasaheb Ambedkar and Quest for Democracy in India
India became the republic on 26th January 1950. India is People’s Republic. It does not belong to any religious group or ideology. Babasaheb Ambedkar was the staunch advocate of People’s Republic s…
India Should Stop Stereotyping Africans
A young boy was found dead in Noida. The family and the people alleged that it is the Africans who have drugged him so he got cardiac arrest and after that, the crowd swell and become violent again…
Post UP Election Analysis – Statistics that Belie the UP Narrative
Since the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election results finally came out on March 12th, 2017, media outlets have been chanting ‘Modi!, Modi!’ much more enthusiastically than the Prime Minister’s ardent f…
Why BJP Government is Using Undemocratic Methods to Pass Important Laws?
The highest law making body in our country is the Parliament. The Parliament has three prongs: the President, House of People (Lok Sabha), and House of States (Rajya Sabha). In democracy, the laws …
Why Dalits Need ONE Main Political Party?
At present, there are many political parties those claim to represent Dalits. Would it be good if Dalits had one large political party instead of many small?
After the Great Mass conversion to B…
What Is The Caste of Indian Media? No Surprises!
Ever wondered why Indian Media is so casteist and is so poor at reporting and presenting reality to people? Who owns Indian media houses? Who run these propaganda houses? Can Dalits trust Indian Me…
Why India Cannot Have Lower Castes and Minorities Owned Businesses?
How many of the businesses in India are run by lower castes and minority communities? Any guess? Numbers would be negligible no matter how hard you try to guess.
There is an executive order…
The Indian Muslims and Social Justice
Indian Muslims constitute 18 percent of India’s population. The Islam in India is different from Islam elsewhere. Further, Muslims are not a homogeneous group. They speak different languages and ha…
The Economic Survey 2016-2017 Is Caste Blind
The Economic Surveys are released before the Union Budgets. They are supposed to give the survey of the economy and a comprehensive picture of the economic status. The Economic Survey 2016-2017 is …
Indian Budget 2017 – All Words, No Substance
What does Budget 2017 of India hold for everyone?
The BJP Government has mastered the art of using the words to its political benefits. There is an ongoing campaign on TV where the bunch of Boll…
Understanding Graded Inequality of Hindu Caste System – Dr Ambedkar’s View
Babasaheb Ambedkar differentiates between inequality and graded inequality of the kind we have in India due to the caste system. Examples of inequality are – inequality or slavery faced by the blac…
What Is In The Name? Everything Is In Surname
Rose will smell the same by any other name. Thus Shakespeare renders words meaningless in terms of identifying the object in the world. But he is also aware of how words and plays on words can crea…
Can Issue-Based Coalition by Opposition Parties Stop BJP in 2019?
In a highly controversial win by the BJP in UP election, Indian politics is going back to 1970’s era. Controversial because there are serious allegations of EVM Scam and even Supreme Court of India…
Punjab and Dalit Politics
Kejriwal played Dalit card in Punjab. He played that card in Delhi and walked away with a good number of seats. He is not known as the friend of Dalits. In fact, his public life started almost with…
Other Backward Castes (OBCs) and Hindutva
The Other Backward Castes (OBCs) are the fourth Varna in the Brahmanical pecking order of human beings. According to the Brahmanical scheme, they are the Shudras. They are slaves and they have tech…