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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...

Accusing site of ‘casteism’, Bhim Army locks Twitter India office

Dalit activists have started a campaign demanding they get their rightful place on the platform

Martyred on Diwali day, Maharshi Dayanand ‘fought’ against Brahminical caste order

On the Diwali day of 1883, Maharishi Dayanand, the...

1,500 Dalits embrace Buddhism for ‘equality’: Gujarat

On Dussehra, around 500 Dalits from different parts of...

Why hundreds of Dalits were unable to vote in Bhagana, Haryana

Initial reports from Haryana are indicating that neither the...

Uttar Pradesh records highest crimes against Dalits: NCRB

On October 21, 2019, the National Crime Record Bureau’s...

Bail to Chandrashekhar Azad of Bhim Army, Two months after arrest

Saket Sessions Court today granted bail to Bhim Army...

To Be or Not to Be: The Identity Crisis of the Non-Savarna Indian

While for the Savarna Indian, to be without identity...

From RSS to Ambedkarite, Bhanwar Meghwanshi’s journey

Bhanwar Meghawanshi –who left the RSS after being within...

Mahatma Gandhi on Caste: the Varna-Ashrama System

To Gandhi, the rigid ‘varna’ system and the social...

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