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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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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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‘Echoes Within’: An Indigenous woman’s search for her roots
Indigenous filmmaker Pranami Koch’s documentary film ‘Koro Gochongni’ (Echoes Within) has been selected for the Shorts Competition Category at the…
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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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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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Maharashtra PhD scholars start long march from Pune to Mumbai against stipend delays
The agitating PhD students, who have been awaiting the release of their fellowship funds for the last two years, recently…
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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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Thanthai Periyar, masculinity and women’s liberation
Rangoon, 1954. Babasaheb Ambedkar with Periyar when they met in connection with a Buddhist conference there This International Working Women’s…
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