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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.

The Story of a Translation

Translation is not just about words, it is about...

Release our Leaders, Bhim Army launches attack against “fascist actions of BJP government”

Several key leaders and activists including Chief Chandrashekhar Azad...

Raja Dhale: A Renaissance Figure in Dalit Literature and Art

If there is one man who deserves to be...

Economic distress cause for political distress; Modi ‘needs’ new diversion: Conversion

Some years ago late J Jayalailthaa, then chief minister...

“It’s often assumed that one’s a Dalit if their research is on Ambedkar”

Research on colonial Indian cartoons and biographies of cartoonists...

‘Home’ as a site of oppression: Paul Chirakkarode’s ‘Pulayathara’

Translated by Catherine ThankammaPulayathara by Paul Chirakkarode (1939-2008) explains...

Who is Sant Ravidas and why are his devotees agitating? Pardeep Attri provides background

On August 10th, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), on...

One more death of a Dalit-Adivasi in the Niyamgiri Region: Odisha

Three days ago, in a tragic, and yet another...

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