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Jyotiba Phule’s Trenchant Critique of Caste: Gulamgiri
First Published on: 11 Apr 2016On his 189th Birth Anniversary, April 11, we bring to you excerpts from Jyotiba Phule’s path breaking work, severely criticising Brahminism and the Caste...
It is a war against Ambedkar’s Constitution, not just Muslims alone: Dalits
Addressing a crowd of about a thousand, Thol Thirumavalavan said from the stage, in Tamil, "“This is not a war they are waging against Muslims alone; This is a war against Annan Dr Ambedkar’s constitution.”
Death by excreta: The cursed lives of India’s manual scavengers
Deaths of sanitation workers continue even as governments claim (sic) that they have no person involved in manual scavenging
How Ad Dharm led a crusade against Untouchability
Founded in 1926, the Ad Dharm movement challenged the oppressive caste system and the generational trauma inflicted as its consequence. With the teachings of mystic saints as their guiding force, Ad Dharmis declared that they were neither Hindu nor Sikh.
Dalit activists who have been fighting the good fight
From manual scavenging to upliftment of Dalit women, a look at some of the causes these activists are fighting for.
A letter that should shake our world: Dalit scholar suicide triggers outrage
First Published on: January 18, 2016Rohith (right) carrying a...
Rising Dalit voices against CAA
Dalit activists highlight how the CAA-NPR-NRC isn’t just a Hindu-Muslim issue
Rohith Vemula March: The Caste Turn for Student Delhites?
First published on February 23, 2016Rohith Vemula gives them...
Calling Smriti Irani’s Bluff: Twisted Truths in Parliament
First published on February 25, 2016Goebbels was an interesting...
At the Pyre of Caste Hatred: Dalit suicides and the Media
First Published on February 3, 2016 This article was written...
Do Dalits & Adivasis not suffer religious persecution, asks anti-CAA meet
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