Caste

Beyond the ‘plum’ posting: Why the caste lens still defines bureaucratic success

Following my recent blog on former IAS bureaucrat Atanu Chakraborty’s sudden exit as non-executive chairman of HDFC Bank, a few colleagues from the Gujarat cadre — mostly those I...

Dangers of deletion

The Ambedkar cartoon has been misread. And this could...

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Much more than an iconTackling the historical denial...

A different reading

Crowds in support of AmbedkarIf the Ambedkar-conceived Constitution can...

The blind eye

Illustration: Amili SetalvadQuestioning our ways of perceptionThe continuing debate...

Lapses and lacunae

Decades after the Atrocities Act 1989 and the Rules...

Caste Crimes

 Over half a century after the Indian Constitution outlawed...

Oh Gujarat!

Illustration: Amili SetalvadOn the caste front, too?A detailed and...

Your highness?

In Andhra, the story gets no better  Descent...

Death sentence for Dalit labourers

An Action Committee to save the lives of five...

Dalit schoolboys demand their rights

Dear Friends, The Congress government headed by YS Rajasekhara Reddy...

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