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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
Modi government repeats Komagata Maru history in It’s worst form
Even as Canada repents the racist incident of 1914,...
Commercial establishments around Sikh Mangu mutt demolished in Odisha
The demolition is a part of the larger plan to turn Puri into a world-heritage city
Stories of change-makers in Kutch, Gujarat
How Dr Ambedkar’s touched the heart of the most marginalized
What criminals could not achieve has now been legitimised by the Court: December 6
The author visited Ayodhya one month after the demolition...
Religious Desecration: Who’s responsible for destruction of early Indian, Buddhist places of learning in Odisha?
Modern day Odisha is known to be the 'epicenter'...
“Have we really done away with our Constitution?”
Exactly, seventy years ago on November 26, 1949, the...
Turmoil in the NE: The Naga Pact and its ramifications
The Naga Peace Pact, that is yet to be signed despite agreements in principle between Naga nationalists led by the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak Muivah faction) or NSCN (IM) and the Indian government, has been a source of a virtual heartburn for the Northeast of late.
Will Taj Mahal meet the same fate as Babri Masjid?
One of the greatest wonders of the World and the only one in India, Taj Mahal, has become the newest target of the Hindutva killer/demolition squad. It was ordered to be built by Mughal king Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Khurram known as Shahjahan (1592-1666) in the memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It is interesting to note that it was named as Taj Mahal (Crown of the Palace) despite being a mausoleum which took 20 years to be built.
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