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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.
When Love is Brutal: Personal Narrative of a Survivor of Domestic Abuse
llustration by Abro / Dawn.comMy reason for writing this...
Justice for Jisha: Why it’s important to Speak Up and be Counted
“Silence is a Crime when Justice is denied”The headlines...
An Iconic Moment: Radhika Vemula Shares the Pain of Rajeshwari, Jisha’s Mother
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One struggling mother with another struggling mother seeking Justice:...
Student Protests Against MHRD and VCs Rage On, Hunger Fasts in JNU and Allahabad Enter 11th and 5th Days
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As the Indefinite Hunger Strike, at JNU and Allahabad by Student...
Mother’s Day 2016: What the State Owes Mothers, Parents And Women
Image Credit: Panos Today is Mother’s Day. As I sit...
PM to Meet Jisha’s Mother in Kerala: Sorry, Delta, There Were No Elections in Rajasthan
Delta Meghwal (left); Jisha (right) Barely 38 days ago, on March...
Jisha’s Death Sparks Countrywide Protests
The brutal violence meted out to Jisha, a 30...
जिशा, मेरी दोस्त, दलितों की जान इतनी सस्ती क्यों है?: चिंटू
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Outrage in Kerala over Dalit Woman Rape, NHRC Sends Notice, Two in Custody
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Image Cortesy: ReutersOutrage in Kerala over Nirbhaya-like Dalit Woman...
JNU Academics Sit on Solidarity Strike Condemn Administration Highhandedness
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