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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…
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…
Personal Experiences and Views on Surnames
Many individuals feel proud to tell their name if it has Surname. This is mainly because Surname talks of their caste. However, this holds good if the person belongs to the so-called higher caste. …
Kasganj – Is it the beginning of the riots season by the RSS/BJP?
Who benefits from the riots in India? This question is answered by the well-known study of a leading university. The fundamentalists RSS/BJP is the answer to this question. The Hindu-Muslim polaris…
Unprecedented Sexual Violence in 1984
Genocides may vary in magnitude and scale but one thing that remains common is the vulnerability of women and children to sexual violence and 1984 Sikh genocide was no different on that. 1984 India…
Atrocity Nation – How Long Will We Continue to Kill People in the Name of Caste?
Sonai Massacre of 2013 is one of the horrifying cases of atrocities. As such, according to our own official reports, the atrocities are taking place during the writing of this small piece somewhere…
RSS and Its Rejection of Indian Constitution and Indian Tri-colour National Flag
On the occasion of Republic Day, the country must know that the people who are currently ruling India neither accepted the Indian constitution as lawbook of the country nor they accepted Tricolour …
Death of Secularism and Judiciary – Saffronization of Indian Democracy
It grieves me to write about the bad time of largest democracy of the world. Unfortunate and danger time the for Indian democracy already came after BJP/ RSS government achieve the political power …
Away From Gods and Goddesses!
A viral video that shows Vipin Kumar being beaten up with sticks and iron rods is a sad commentary on contemporary India. The reason Vipin Kumar is beaten up is linked to the caste system. Allegedl…
How Does the Wheel of Hindutva Moves?
The way Hindutva (and hence Brahminism) is made to sustain and function is easy to understand: look down upon the Scheduled Castes, keep the tribals locked in the regional fights, Hate Muslims (and…
Why Fundamentalists All Over the World Hate Darwin?
The theory of evolution, and it is increasingly proved that it is not merely a theory, but the truth that underlines how life evolved, has been under attack from the fundamentalists all over the wo…
Savitribai Phule – An Ideal for Social Revolution
The much often quoted dictum of Babasaheb Ambedkar about women’s liberation is: I measure the progress of the community by the progress made by women in the community. In the patriarchal society of…
Editorials on Bhima Koregaon – Distorting the Realities
On 8th January 2018, two leading dailies Indian Express (henceforth Express) and the Times of India (henceforth Times) carried main editorials on Bhima Koregaon. They have come up with different an…
Untouchability in Urban India, Rural India, and All over Indian Social Attitude
In 2006, the Untouchability in Rural India was published. The survey of 565 villages in 11 states showed that the untouchability is practiced in various forms and sites in the states. The Navsarjan…
