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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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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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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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Maratha Reservation: Untold and Unnoticed Ground
Maratha as a caste stands at a crossroads where the memory of their emancipatory historical struggle is totally erased. The…
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A short biography of Krishnarao Pandurang Bhalekar
Krishnarao Bhalekar was one of the key leaders of Satyashodhak Samaj. He was known for his oratory skills and passion…
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What do Portuguese sources tell us about caste?
Xavier argues that as compared to the eventual ossification of its meaning in India, the usage of the word casta…
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Film review: ‘Satyashodhak’ — A missed opportunity
As much as there are film-making liberties and historically dicey formulations, it is difficult to overlook the perfunctory character building…
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‘Ma Is Scared’: Exploration of gender, caste and resistance
'Ma Is Scared' presents the honest and arresting horrors of being a Dalit in modern-day North India. It has been…
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Inter-caste marriage data and deceptive virality of social media posts
While the paper defines inter-caste marriage as a woman belonging to higher caste marrying a man belonging to lower caste…
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