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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.
Hindutva’s hidden agenda behind the ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ patriotism-test
The Hindutva camp led by RSS despite its anti-national,...
Three Months After, Reading Rohith Vemula’s Poetry
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It is three months to the day that Rohith...
Why as a Woman and Mother I won’t say, ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’!
The BJP-RSS propagated idea of “Bharat Mata”- shining, smiling,...
The Oppressed Indian: a Monthly Journal started by Kanshi Ram
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March 15, 1934 is the birth date of Kanshi...
In Defence of Caste and against “Cross-Breeding” in Kerala: Golwalkar
Golwalkar was invited to address the students of the...
Police threatens Soni Sori family, takes them to undisclosed Location: Lawyers
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Soni Sori’s lawyers have outlined the allegedly illegal and...
Treat Dalit Women as Equals before the Law: Radhika Vemula on Women’s Day
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‘We will fight and we will win’: Full text, Kanhaiya’s JNU speech
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Full text of Kanhaiya Kumar’s JNU speech on March...
Systemic Prejudice, Absence of Grievance Redressal reasons for Dalit Suicides: Teacher Testimonies
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