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The Ambedkarite Champ: 15-year-old Vandan Sawai defeats chess great Magnus Carlsen

Delhi Class X student beat Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game after returning from a six-week Europe trip; his parents learnt about the result later from his Chess.com profile

Radhika Vemula on Bhim Auto

…The value of a man was reduced to his...

Why the ‘hum paanch, hamare pachees’ canard against Muslims is a myth

The scare being spread through word of mouth campaign...

Rohith Vemula declared ‘not Dalit’ based on 2 out of 7 testimonies, councillor’s statement ignored

Rohith's father Mani Kumar and paternal grandmother Raghavamma were...

After being denied hall tickets by EFLU, UoH students allowed to write exam

The two students were members of the Ambedkar Students...

Chalo Thiruvananthapuram: A Dalit-Muslim-Bahujan mass movement is in the works in Kerala

Inspired by last year's Una event, a march starting...

UoH students denied hall tickets by EFLU for taking part in Rohith Vemula protests

The two students were members of the Ambedkar Students...

Rohith was a Dalit’: Letter from his grandfather surfaces after Guntur collector’s report

"Radhika's children were brought up by her, without any...

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