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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

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Hindu Mahasabha burns Gandhi’s effigy, garlands Nathuram Godse

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Gandhi’s Assassination – Much More Than Just a Murder

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Gandhi or Godse, India must Decide

This piece published in Communalism Combat in October 2000...

The First Attempt: Bomb thrown at Pune at Gandhi on June 25,1934

Contrary to popular belief, there were many failed attempts...

Firebrand Hindi fiction writer Krishna Sobti no more

The acclaimed author was known for writing about issues...

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