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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.
By failing to release caste census data, the Centre is jeopardising vulnerable groups
Quota warsIn 2011, after several years of deliberation and...
Saharanpur Up in Flames: One Dead, Thakurs Burn Down 25 Dalit Homes
Saharanpur district of western UP remains tense after Thakurs...
Hindutva’s Sweep over India, A Grave Challenge
Describing the demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya as...
Three More Muslim Youth Fall Victim to Mob Hatred: UP, Assam
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Bulandshahr, Assam: Media reports that a 45-year-old man was beaten to...
Horrific Rape & Police Torture of Minor Tribal Girls Rampant says Women Jailer: Chhattisgarh
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Varsha Dongre, who deleted her post later, called for...
Kerosene Poured in Dalit Well: Punishment for Band Baaja at Wedding
Kerosene poured in to foul up the well. Photos...
Attack on professor: Fact-finding team demands action against Khopoli’s college principal, police
Image credit: African Freedom of Expression ExchangeA citizens’ fact-finding...
Telangana Muslim Reservation Bill: Exercise in Deception, Unjust in Maths & Likely to Fuel Communal Populism
A leading intellectual and leader of the Pasmanda movement,...
Cow Vigilantism is Anti-Farmer
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Lucknow: On Saturday, an 18-year-old Dalit boy named Ramu...
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