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The khadi he wore, the Gandhi he kept: A Dalit memoir that refuses easy answers

Recently, I received a message from someone I had known since my Gandhinagar days, when I represented the Times of India from 1997 to 2012. He wanted to send me the...

Ambedkarie Engineers Body express solidarity with Dr Anand Teltumbde

A plethora of statements expressing solidarity and support has come in for Professor Anand Teltumbde. Here is one issued by the Ambedkarite Engineers:

Statement of Solidarity, Appeal to Acquit Anand Teltumbde

Over 280 students, faculties and alumni of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) have signed statements in solidarity within two days with their illustrious alumnus, Anand Teltumbde who apart from being a corporate leader and teacher has done so much to the society. Teltumbde is expected to surrender himself by April 6 in accordance with the Supreme Court verdict.

Bhima Koregaon case: SC rejects ABA of Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha

Activists had been hounded by a vindictive regime that has been blaming them for sparking violence on January 1, 2018

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...

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