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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
The graves unseen by History: The Malabar Struggle and the stories we chose to forget
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No poppies for Sikh soldiers killed by their own people
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34 years and counting: No justice for victims of 1984 Sikh genocide
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How a Supremacist Govt Can Subvert the Constitution
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Opinion: Why is the world silent on the 1984 Sikh massacre?
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Insaaf (Justice) – A short story
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Statue of Unity: Sardar would have been “uncomfortable” seeing so many laws violated
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