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Ignorance of Caste or Deliberate Lapse

In the Sunday Express, P. Chidambaram (PC), India’s famous Congress politician who officiated important posts like Commerce Minister, Finance Minister, and Home Minister wrote a small piece on cast…

Book Review – Where India Goes: Abandoned Toilets, Stunted Development and the Costs of Caste

You can order the book from Flipkart here.

This is the title of written by Diane Coffey and Dean Spears. The forward is written by Noble Prize winner economist, Augus Deaton. The authors work in…

Making Laws Symmetrical – The Case of Triple Talaq

Legal symmetry is an important principle, but the society is not symmetrical and often times there is a need for social laws. The civil and political rights are the essence of the Constitution, but…

In Search of Truth – Today to Ask About Other Person’s Caste is Like Asking “How are You?”

I would like to dedicate this essay to the memory of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (14th April 1891 – 6th December 1956) the chief architect of Indian Constitution which was adopted after India became independ…

Fighting “Hate” US Corporate Way and Dispatches from “Corporate Caste Wars” in Infosys in India

The Apple CEO, Tim Cook, pledged 2 million dollars to fight “hate” in the USA. This is the gesture that one can expect from the Apple, the company that Buddhist-minded Steve Jobs built so meticulou…

Upper Caste Supremacists and White Supremacists – India and USA

The US is seeing a wave of rise of White Supremacists who are coming on the streets. This time the occasion was the demolition of the statue of Robert Lee, who was the Commander in Chief of the con…

Stock Market Indices – Barometers to Measure the Rising Caste Divide in India

The BSE and NSE indices are hitting new highs and the recent high spike was the occasion when Nitish became a turncoat. Let us be clear that the stock exchanges have the minds of their own, just li…

The Game of Caste Politics and BJP’s Dalit Card

I don’t have any more comment on Ramnath Kovind – the president as I have already written elaborately on his ideological stand and individuality. Many of you question upon one thing that after beca…

Phoolan Devi – Daring and Darling Queen of Dignity

I grew up reading and listening heroic tales of Phoolan Devi, who was called “Daku Rani” (the queen of dacoits) and ” Chambal ki Rani” (the queen of Chambal). Chambal is the labyrinthine geological…

A Perspective of a French Scholar on Caste and Dangers ahead for Dalits

As Congress is organising ‘Quest for Equality’ conference on Dr Ambedkar and Dalits in Bangalore, Karnataka and many prominent guest speakers around the world are participating there is one veritab…

India’s Castes are Listless Lists

The lists are back in discussions after the entry of blockchains. Umberto Eco wrote about how human beings like to get engrossed in the lists. Jorges Borges will suggest that the human beings like …

Caste Addiction of Indians

The human beings can get addicted to anything: substance, people, ideas, and emotions, to name a few. Why our mind addicted is largely due to the nature of mind that tries to create cyclical patter…

[Poem] Speak up Against Discrimination of All Kinds

Woke up, worship a deity with weapons, respect; then spoke to a domestic helper with no respect

Went to school, came the teacher, we respect; then came, the Peon, no respect

Went to a hospita…

दलित समाज की महान समाज-सुधारिका “जाईबाई चौधरी”, जिसको समाज कभी नहीं भुला सकता

दलित समाज की एक महान समाज-सुधारिका व लेखिका “जाईबाई चौधरी” का नाम बहुत कम लोगों ने सुना होगा। उनका जन्म “महार” जाति में सन् 1892 में नागपुर शहर से करीब पन्द्रह किलोमीटर दूर उमरेर में हुआ था। 1896 म…

Why I Oppose Telangana Government’s Plan for Dalits Only University

In 2009, I visited Hungary and worked as a volunteer at Dr Ambedkar School in Hungary. At that time, there were protests were going against the separate Roma/Gypsy schools and international organis…