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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
Godavari Parulekar: A source of inspiration for the Warli community
On her 24th death anniversary on October 8, we pay homage to Parulekar who dedicated a major part of her life to help empower marginalized Adivasi labourers against the oppressive regime of landlords.
Was Mughal Rule the period of India’s Slavery?
Communal ideology regards Islam as alien religion and Muslims as foreigners
No one conspired to demolish Babri Masjid?
All accused acquitted by Lucknow court in case surrounding criminal conspiracy to demolish the 16th century mosque
Babri Masjid demolition case: The long road to justice
Tracing the course of the criminal case that is distinct from the civil suit in the Ayodhya dispute
What Bhagat Singh would have fought (for) in 2020 India
Romila Thapar on Bhagat Singh’s 112th Birth Anniversary, September 28, 2019. We are re- publishing this today, on the 113th Birth Anniversary
Babri Masjid demolition case: Verdict likely on September 30
The case is separate from the Ayodhya land dispute case, and is being heard by a special CBI court in Lucknow
Most dangerous thing is the death of our dreams: Pash (9 September 1950 – 23 March 1988)
Had he lived, written his poems of resistance in India today, he would have been called an “urban naxal’, jailed like Varavara Rao, or gunned down like Gauri Lankesh.
Did Savarkar, Syama Prasad Mukherjee and RSS betray the Quit India Movement?
On the eve of the 78th anniversary of the glorious Quit India Movement [QIM] we must evaluate the role of the Hindutva gang in India's anti-colonial freedom struggle
Deeno Daan, Rabindranath Tagore, about a temple, 120 years ago
Is this a coincidence that exactly 120 years ago, on this very day, Yesterday, Rabindranath Tagore wrote a poem "Deeno Daan". It was about a temple.
Several ‘secular’ people applauded the Babri demolition: Ravi Gupta
In this interview from 1994, National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) former Chairman Ravi Gupta tells Communalism Combat co-editor Teesta Setavad, how he saw varying forms and degrees of not only religious, but also caste and class discrimination become apparant after the Babri Masjid demolition
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