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In this interview, Saeed Mirza discusses Hindutva-oriented films and what they mean for India today.
A grand two-day conference was held at St Antony’s College, Oxford University, on September 4 and 5, 2025, on “The Self-Respect Movement and Its Legacies”. The conference marked the centenary of the Self-Respect Movement.
‘Is There Any ‘Honour’ in Killing?’: Despite Supreme Court orders to protect inter-caste couples, honour killings continue. Why haven’t Central and State governments enacted special laws? Also: ‘Tamil Nadu’s Journey from Social Justice Towards “(Dis)Honour Killings”’.
If urban modernity is built on denial of dignity to those who clean it, then what kind of progress is it?
A century after Narayana Guru’s reforms, the debate over men wearing shirts in temples lays bare shifting caste alliances and Hindutva’s influence.
The writer of India’s Constitution never favoured a time-bound framework for quotas. Misquoting him ducks questions on what has really changed for lower castes.
The Allahabad University professor is battling police cases, varsity raps on his knuckles and volleys of harassment over his comments against the caste structure of Hinduism. But he is unrelenting.
Bihar has chosen the education sector as the central priority to follow up on after the recent caste survey report. Also, on the recent decision of the Bihar Cabinet demanding that the Centre incorporate hiked reservation for deprived classes in the constitution and give Special Category Status for the state.
Without addressing structural inequities and ensuring secure employment opportunities, increasing quotas alone won’t bridge the gap.
This article appeared in ‘The Reader’s Digest’, March 1950: After swallowing insults for centuries, India’s 45 million lowly Untouchables – one-eighth of the country’s population are breaking their shackles of economic slavery and social degradation. At their head is handsome, jet-eyed, 56-year-old Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar …
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