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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.
Maratha-Dalit Violence as Dalit Homes Attacked after Maratha Girl’s Murder
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Stories of love and hope: Scenes from Chaityabhoomi on BR Ambedkar’s death anniversary
Hundreds of thousands of Dalits gathered in Mumbai on...
Ambedkar’s statue damaged, tension prevails in Uttar Pradesh
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A statue of BR Ambedkar was today found desecrated...
Electoral Arithmetic favours Dalit-Muslim Alliance in UP but what about the Chemistry?
For the political alliance of convenience to mature into...
The ‘Swachh Bharat’ Movement keeps women, Dalits trapped in the Manuwadi mind-frame
Glossy pamphlets, catchy slogans tell us building toilets at...
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Attacks on Mahadalits in Bihar, 8 Homes Set Ablaze by Caste Hindus
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