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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...

How Rohith Vemula was an Obstacle to Hindutva’s Hegemonic Agenda

It is clear that without fighting the forces that...

Find Out Who Is Jawahar, Branded As Criminal By Dudhwa Foresters

In the first part of the four part series...

Will Injecting Petrol Into Anus Of Dalits Help Save Royal Bengal Tiger?

Forests officials in India's hinterlands are a law unto...

Why Crime Is Rising Against India’s Lowest Castes And Tribes

In the prosperous district of Kannur in one of...

Discrimination: Soldier’s Funeral Reveals India’s Outsize, Outcaste Problem

Earlier this week, when upper-caste villagers in the western...

From Manu’s Brahminism, to Nietzsche, to Hitler: Dr. BR Ambedkar

First published on: March 28, 2016From left to right:...

Remembering Guda Anjanna – The signature song of Telangana’s Dalit Revolution

The first time I heard about Guda Anjanna (1 November...

Why Has the Audience Gone “Wild”?

Celebrated Marathi playwright Jayant Pawar reviews Sairat, the critically acclaimed blockbuster that...

Meet the Dalit Professor Arrested For “Insulting” Ram and Modi

Are the Hindutva forces all over the country bubbling...

UoH Admin Backtracks, Revokes Suspension of Two Professors After Rare Show of Faculty Unity

Arrest Appa Rao, re-Instate Suspended Faculty: Radhika Vemula was...

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