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[Poem] Hindu Fas(Caste)cism
Gautam Buddha – The Glorious Master
Author – Vishwanath Shegaonkar
In the annals of human civilization, the 6th Century BC was the most attractive and remarkable one. In this century alone the Greek Philosopher and Mathematician P…
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….
‘Dharma’ in Mahabharata is a Brahminical Construction, Not any Transcendental Ethical Values
Author – Abhik (Mohd. Uzair)
Savarna Liberal Academicians have always tried to justify both Brahminical Patriarchy and the entrenched caste system in one way or another. The recent addition to t…
On Manusmriti Dahan Divas – 8 Ways Brahminical Patriarchy Affects Me
Author – Sheeva Yamuna
I decided to go with an 8 points list, the most clichéd approach to “name” the problem because it is so difficult to put everything in one article otherwise. It is also di…
Interactions In ‘New’ India Are Under Threat
Author – Jaimine Vaishnav
We become what we think, preached Buddha. If you are often active on social media, which I think you are, you already have made conclusions regarding the culture of net…
Dalits of Punjab – Literature of Punjab Dalit Women
Author – Dr Amritpal Kaur
Although Punjab has a rich tradition of literature, the entire genre of identity literature is blind to gender and has strongly refused to engage with Dalit women. If w…
Dalits of Punjab – Dalit Women and Their Struggles
Author – Dr Amritpal Kaur
Dalit woman of Punjab (like all Dalit women) receive her identity through her relationship to a man and has no identity of her own. The life of a Dalit woman in Punjab …
Dalits of Punjab – An Exclusionary Affair
Author – Dr Amritpal Kaur
Punjab is a state in the northwest region of India and is considered to be the most prosperous state. The name Punjab is made up of two words Punj (five) and Aab (water…
Documentary on Chaitybhoomi – An Appeal for Crowdfunding
I am Somnath Waghmare, a documentary filmmaker and a PhD scholar at TISS Mumbai. I have also worked as a contract employee at FTII, Pune. I am associated with the progressive social movement in Mah…
Caste Location and Issues – Towards An Anthropology of Gujjars
Author – Ravikant Kisana, Assistant Professor at Flame University, Pune | 17 Oct 2020
NEED FOR STUDYING THE MANY ‘JAN’ OF THE BAHUJAN:
It was the late Kanshi Ram, who first electorally weaponize…
Making Sense of Dalit Sikh History
Author – Dr. Raj Kumar Hans
Growing out of the powerful, anticaste sant tradition of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in northern India, the Sikh variant of Guru Nanak (1469–1539) and his …
Did Savarkar Believe In and Promoted Untouchability?
Author – Harishchandra Sukhdeve
“… When these Mahar ‘untouchable’ folk coming from Sanatan Hindu majority villages go back to their villages now after embracing Buddhism at Nagpur will they be c…
Iraivi – Shades of Men and Masculinity
Author – N. Arvind Karthick
Iraivi is a Tamil film written and directed by Kartik Subburaj, which is loosely inspired by the story called Jannal Malar written by Sujatha. The evolution of the st…
Social and Political Revolutionary Potential of Buddhism
Author – Dr Amritpal Kaur
What we call a religion today is the remains of what once was a complete civilization. Buddhism emerged as a non-religious philosophy, as a hope for a better way of lif…
