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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.

Implementation of FRA 2006 must become a Political Programme: Public Hearing

Public Hearing records grave incidents of atrocities on forest...

Raja Dhale: A Giant Has Gone

A giant has gone. I had met him several...

Article 15: A Spectacle of Dalit Oppression

The Ayushmann Khurrana starrer Article 15 appears to have...

Bina Paul: “Collective viewing is empowering”

Bharathy Singaravel in conversation with the Artistic Director of...

Kemat Gawale, a Dalit rights activist’s seminal contribution in the field of education

Horrendous caste oppression will not end and Dalit emancipation...

Lynching: India’s Shame!

On Friday 5 July, thousands of people had gathered...

Critical Govt Schemes for Dalit-Adivasis curtailed in 2019 Union Budget: NCDHR

National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights analyses the Budget...

Una Dalit flogging case: Hearing on a daily basis from July 29

The victims of the atrocious Una Dalit flogging case,...

Dalits in India need their own Martin Luther King

Caste, gender and religious biases are a norm in...

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