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Do protests need leaders? Why CJP mobilisation at Jantar Mantar was unprecedented
The CJP mobilisation fundamentally challenges the accepted wisdom of the last two decades regarding the role of leaders in internet-enabled…
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Catholicism, caste and Marxism: Valerian Rodrigues on South Kanara and Radical Democracy
As for caste, Catholics married largely within their own caste locations. The Sarodi or Charodi groups from Santhekatte and Kallianpur…
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Bombay Catholics, caste and the masala music mix
Many of the traditional song compositions in these communities show a connection with manual labour, which the upper castes absolutely…
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The language cops of Instagram: Brahmin obsession with ‘pure’ Marathi
Whenever someone on Instagram does not bother with these normative expectations of Brahminical speech, puritan Brahmins magically appear in their…
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What everyone gets wrong about varna system
It is very common for academics and public commentators to label a particular caste as Shudra, Vaishya or Kshatriya. I…
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’The Phule We Remember’ is out in the world
The memories in the book were composed in the late 1920s on the request of Pandharinath Patil — the Satyashodhak…
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Contemporary art too is entangled with caste: Yogesh Barve
Anti-caste thought does not seek inclusion. It seeks annihilation of caste itself. And it does not need saviours, not from…
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The Phule We Remember: As Remembered by Gyanoba Krishnaji Sasane – 2
I used to address Mahatma Phule as Tatyasaheb. Tatyasaheb would frequently take up contractual work through the government. Earlier, there…
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The Phule We Remember: As Remembered by Tukaram Hanumantrao Pinjan
Jotirao delivered lectures not only in Pune but also outside the city. Dhondiram, Vithoba Guthal, Gyanoba Zagade, and others would…
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The ‘Justice for Rohith’ movement showed the potential of digital activism
When the political establishment and mainstream news media was busy labeling Rohith as an anti-national and discussing his caste identity,…
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