सच्ची रामायण और हिंदी का कुनबावाद
-प्रमोद रंजन
कुछ बातें इतनी बे-सिर पैर की होती हैं कि उन पर बात करना निरर्थक होता है। इन्हीं में से एक है जनपथ ब्लॉग पर 2 अगस्त, 2020 को प्रकाशित रामजी यादव का लेख, जिसमें मेरे द्वारा संपादित पेर…
A Shameful Chapter Shut Out of Public Knowledge – Surrender of Temple of Jagannath, Puri to the East India Company
Author – Dr. Atulkrishna Biswas
Part-I
Jagannath Temple, Puri surrendered to East India Company, 1803!
When intelligentsia hesitates or shy away in documenting facts, touching critical eve…
Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Speech at BHU on 25 November 1956
(Translator’s note: This speech appeared in Prabuddha Bharat in Marathi and this speech summarizes Babasaheb’s great insights into Indian history. Please give it a read to understand Babasaheb on t…
“C” Through The Caste
Author – Dr Jatinder Singh
The Hindu reformers including political ones like Gandhi have advocated that people of all castes should be treated equally, but none has advocated denouncing of caste…
Our Solidarity with the Dalit Movement in Nepal
We, Nepali graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and faculties studying and teaching in universities abroad, strongly condemn recent caste killings, rapes, and death in police custody in Nepal…
Cisco Caste Discrimination Case – Understand the Threat of Brahmins as Power-Hungry Monsters
The recent Cisco case brought out the caste discrimination, a dark secret which no one had so far talked about. However, there is a big misconception and skewed narrative in the coverage by the med…
Caste in Contemporary Urban India
Author – Sarthak Mehra
The heart of the caste system mainly rests on three main characteristics, endogamy, untouchability, and the division of labour, i.e. association between caste and occupati…
Let’s Talk Racism in India
Author – Mrinal Borah
“The State Government has decided to ban commercial import and trading of dogs and dog markets and also the sale of dog meat, both cooked and uncooked. Appreciate the wise …
The ‘Privilege’ That Shrouds Encounter of a Brahmin Gangster
Author – Kalyani
The encounter of gangster Vikas Dubey has thrown open many questions and debates. The mainstream media has discussed the many facets of the encounter including the authenticity …
Why Brahmins Should Abolish Birth Based Reservation – Reply to Mr. Markandey Katju
1. The birth based reservation allows only a few percentages of Brahmins to join lucrative and lazy job like priesthood in temples. Rest of the Brahmins are left to become terrorists like Vikas…
Indian Patriarchy – An Intersection of Caste, Class and Gender
Author – Dr. Amritpal Kaur
The human social organisation has evolved through a series of stages: animal-like sexual promiscuity was followed by matriarchy (rule of the mother), which was in turn…
Government Scholarships for SCs, STs and OBCs to Pursue Higher Studies in India and Abroad
The focus on affirmative action policies in the popular discourse often zeros down to reservations. Currently, reservations are the strongest form of affirmative action which need to be vehemently …
Remembering Mariamma Chedathy – Dalit Folk Artist From Kerala
Author – Sheeja Radhakrishnan,
Introduction
Mariamma John – better known as Mariamma Chedathy – was a well known Dalit folk artist in Kerala. Mariamma Chetathi who worked in a college as a sweepe…
The Dalit Panthers and the Black Panthers – Brief historical backgrounds of two revolutionary movements
Author – Umang Kumar
In 2017, a premier institute for African-American history and culture based in New York, the Schomburg Center, held an exhibition titled “Black Power.” The exhibition docum…
The Vedic Prescription – Notes on the Curriculum and Historiography in the domain of a Nationalized Knowledge Production
Author – Prateek Ranjan Jha
Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about con…