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Jamnalal Bajaj, The Fifth Son

Every great movement is remembered through its iconic leaders, yet its deepest foundations are often laid by those who choose to surrender privilege in the service of a larger...

My hometown

First published on: January 1, 2005MK Raina is a...

Why we should listen to the music of the Holocaust – and that of Syrian refugees

Image: Patrick M, CC BY-NC-SA As the 71st anniversary of...

The Right to Worship my God

Top Story Image: Four women from Pune who had...

It’s Official: The Brahmanisation of Government

A Dalit groom wears a helmet as upper caste...

हम जब नींद में थे, लालटेन बुझ गयी…

प्रकाश सावमयंक सक्सेनाप्रकाश साव से मुलाक़ात का श्रेय, रंगकर्मी...

Lessons Unlearned: Nine years after the Thorat Committee report

  In 2007, then prime minister Manmohan Singh set up...

The Death of Merit: Dalit Suicides in institutes of higher learning

  This article written by K.P. Girija (girijakp@gmail.com)  was the cover...

Untouchable God

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Suicides that left us Unmoved

  From the article written by K.P. Girija which was...

HCU bows to Campus Outrage: Rohith Vemula Suicide

Suspension of five students including Rohith who took his...

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