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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...

Thank You, Mr Vice-President, for your plainspeak

Unlike Hamid Ansari who has repeatedly raised the issue,...

‘We have been made to feel like criminals’: How a defamation case is threatening the lives of five Dalit-Bahujan scholars

Indian Universities, and especially those under the Central Government,...

70-years-old Dalit woman beaten up, threatened with murder by dominant caste men

Name of the Victims: Maggidi Buchhamma, 70 years and...

We Don’t Support Cow Vigilantism, Modi Govt tells SC

The Union government does not support any kind of...

Ban Private Armies of Gau Rakshaks by Central Order: Sitaram Yechury

Lynchings of Muslims and beatings of Dalits are happening...

Cultural Cimate under Seige in India, Intimidation & Violence the Tools: Githa Hariharan

Laetitia Zecchini in Conversation with Githa HariharanGitha Hariharan   LZ: You’ve...

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