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Iconoclast: Path breaking biography of BR Ambedkar projects his human essence

In this review, the writer examines how Dr Anand Teltumbde, the distinguished academic and human rights defender eradicates the hyperbole that turns Ambedkar into a demi-god.

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...

‘Raven’: The new art of protest from the land of Sahodaran Ayyappan

When Adarsh Kumar Aniyal gave the title ‘A story...

Manual Scavenging still on: How Swachh is GOI’s conscience?

On October 2, 2014, the Government of India launched the...

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