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Understanding power through caste: Dr. Ambedkar’s contribution to the sociology of law

Dr Babasaheb’s understanding of Indian society was pivotal: he was prescient in the dangers that loomed ahead, even after drafting the Indian Constitution; because caste-based inequality remains deeply entrenched in society and the post-Independence state did not go much beyond providing formal equality to the lower castes and other marginalised communities, Dr. Ambedkar was acutely aware of the continuing presence of upper-caste hegemony from society to politics and from culture to the economy

Kashmiri Pandit organisation files curative petition in SC

Roots in Kashmir seeks probe into the killings of Kashmiri Pandits in 1989-90

State failed to contain terrorism, wreaked vengeance on innocent masses: India’s Kashmir War

A report published in 1990, sheds light on the on-ground situation in Kashmir before, during and immediately after the Kashmiri Pandit exodus

20 years after Godhra – Some reflections

Silence is not an option; we must continue to speak truth to power

39 Years and the Ghosts of Nellie Massacre Haunt Assam

India’s first genocidal pogrom on February 18, 1983 preceded the massacre of Sikhs in Delhi and other cities and has vanished from public acknowledgment and memory

Badshah Khan an icon of inter-faith harmony: February 6

Complimentary to Gandhi’s Satyagraha, Badshah Khan also played a crucial role in the sub-continent’s movement for sovereignty over the British and commitment to inter-faith Harmony

Gandhi’s death anniversary: Indian Christians to fast and pray for unity

The Martyr’s Day observance by the Christians of India will be without speeches, slogans on political signage

‘Abide With Me’ will Stay Forever!

A recent Government (Defence Ministry) communique finds no mention of ‘Abide With Me’ in this year’s ‘Beating Retreat’ programme which will be held on January 29, as the culmination of the events on and around Republic Day

A weekend of wiping legacies, fanning divides?

There is a loud political message in dropping ‘Abide with me’, ‘merging’ Amar Jawan Jyoti that has been sent to the nation

Vivekananda: Monk who highlighted Humanism of Hinduism

His teachings are in total contrast to the present scenario, where many saffron robed are promoting hate and inciting violence in the name of same religion

How RSS denigrated the Constitution

A peep into its archives on Constitution Day

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