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The Double Stage: Caste’s Schizophrenic Modernity between Spectacle and Shadow
Caste from the pre-modern, colonial to the post-Republican; this analysis draws from, among others, works by Nicholas Dirks (2001), Anand Teltumbde (2014) and Gopal Guru (2016) to map this transition showing that contemporary caste should be best understood as a sort of social schizophrenia driven by imaginative acts whereby power perpetuates itself through a convoluted hermetic legitimising act in India.
From Karnataka to Rajasthan, Dalit lives remain in danger
Despite achieving historical milestone globally, the Dalit community faces violence throughout the country, Sabrang India reports
Resignation of Nisha Bangre from post of Dy Collector accepted by government one day after Congress declares complete list of candidates
Sources from the party provided that the Party waited for the acceptance of Bangre’s resignation before declaring candidate from Amla, states that Party might change candidate now
Adivasi woman assaulted, stripped by men, BJP MLC’s wife book amongst 3 others
A harrowing incident of assault of an Adivasi woman took place on October 15 where reportedly three associates of the local BJP MLC's wife came and harassed the woman on grounds of the fact that she refused to vacate the land. BJP MLC Suresh Dhas has previously been implicated in a land grabbing accusations as well.
Orissa: Despite efforts to stymie participation in a public hearing at Kashipur against Vendanta, villagers attend
While social media, a trite singular in its projection of opinions, is awash with either the Israel-Palestine conflict with doses of pure hate and even comments on the Supreme Court ruling on same sex unions, in the east of India, Kashipur in Orissa, villager Adivasis are facing the strong arm of the state, being prevented from legitimately voicing their opposition to bauxite mining, it is being alleged
Uttar Pradesh: Retd IPS Officer S.R. Darapuri Among 6 Held for Protest
Gorakhpur Police claimed that the protest on October 10 was in violation of the Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in place there at the time.
Bundelkhand grassroots activist’s tryst with rich folk song, dance of weaker sections
Lok Laya is an annual festival of folk arts,...
Bhopal police manhandles and detains Dalit Dy Collector Nisha Bangre as she takes out protest march
Nisha showed her torn jeans along with a torn picture of Dr. BR Amedkar as a result of manhandling; her foot march was to protest the non-acceptance of her resignation as she wants to contest the MP Assembly elections
Jharkhand HC: Case against BJP leader for abusing driver under SC/ST Act quashed
The court held that ingredient of SC/ST Act are absent as there was no proof to the effect that BJP leader Pratul Shahdeo also did not belong to the caste of the complainant
Shocking violence against Dalits reported from Gujarat
Chained, beaten and abused, for refusing to work in inhuman conditions, four Dalits were forced to dig a well; a young boy and family was beaten for having taken a stand against caste abuse in two of the latest cases of violence against Dalits.
Caste Census Survey Result: 63% OBCs, 19% SCs and 1.68% STs constitute Bihar’s total population
CM Nitish Kumar, Lalu Yadav called it a “historical moment” while opposition term it as an “eye wash”; demands raised for nation-wide caste census
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