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Periyar: Caste, Nation and Socialism

Periyar: Caste, Nation and Socialism published by People’s Literature Publications, Mumbai is a fascinating conversation between S V Rajadurai and Vidya Bhushan Rawat which brings out numerous hitherto unknown...

Dr.Ambedkar’s views on minority rights, democracy and Hindu majoritarianism

Professor Christophe Jaffrelot (King’s India Institute, London) and Prof....

IN FOCUS: Caste killed Pranay and intellectuals on Twitter empathized with the murderer

It is no surprise how the powerful caste intellectuals...

Republic of Caste supremacists

‘Democracy day’ was being celebrated yesterday on social media...

How Vedic Brahminism Stunted The Development Of Sciences

After the Bharatiya Janatha Party came to power and...

Casteless Collective’s song about Periyar on his 140th birthday

Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy, better known by his honorific title,...

Dalit Assertion: Bhim Army at Jantar Mantar

First Published on : May 21, 2017Defying attempts by...

NSA Against Chandrashekhar Unwarranted: Justice Sawant & Others

First Published on May 13, 2017On 9th May, 2017...

After 15 Months of Incarceration, UP Govt Orders Release of Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad from Jail

The Uttar Pradesh govt has, suddenly, on Thursday, September...

How Brahmins Negated The Progress of India

In my earlier article “Shudras Built The Indus Valley...

Activists disrupt Hindu supremacist conclave in Chicago, evoke violent reaction from extremists

The Alliance for Justice and Accountability (AJA), an umbrella...

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