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Activism
Let Jaipur Breathe campaign to save Dol Ka Badh forest gains traction
A protest movement to save ‘ecologically sensitive’ Dol Ka Badh forest in Jaipur is gaining momentum. The protesters who have…
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OBC Subcategorisation as a path to substantive equality
In the context of OBC reservation, justice is not merely about distributing quotas equally but about ensuring that the most…
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Maharashtra all-women conference calls attention to women’s health
Tarpa dance at the conference inauguration (photo courtesy: author). In the ninth Maharashtra State Women’s Health Rights Conference that took…
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Ambedkar and Other Backward Classes
To achieve true liberation, OBCs must free themselves from the influence of Brahmanical traditions that perpetuate social hierarchies, through a…
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बाबासाहेबांच्या साक्षीने झालेले चैत्यभूमीवरील धर्मांतर
महापरिनिर्वाणाच्या तीन दिवसांनंतर म्हणजे ९ डिसेंबर रोजी चैत्यभूमीवर बाबासाहेबांच्या अस्थी भैयासाहेब आंबेडकर आणि मुकुंदराव आंबेडकर गोळा केला करत असताना सुमारे…
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Activism
OBCs must demand caste census
[This is an edited transcript of the speech delivered at the Satyagraha for Nationwide Caste Census by All India OBC…
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Features
Class, caste and habitus: The rise of Bhadralok in 19th-century Bengal
Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of habitus and how it is deployed by the dominating class to distinguish itself from the dominated,…
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Phule to Panthers via Ambedkar: A brief history of Marathi anti-caste journalism
The little magazines in Maharashtra and elsewhere played an important role in the creation of Ambedkarite counterpublics. They are the…
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Did BSP really help BJP win 16 seats in UP?
Instead of sending a thank you card to the BSP for the way it ran the campaign and indirectly helped…
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News
Zomato: Delivering ‘pure’ casteism
(Source: Twitter/@deepigoyal) Online food delivery app Zomato launched its ‘Pure Veg Mode’ on March, 2024, adding another flavour of discrimination…
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