Kolhapur’s Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj and His Battle for Dalit-Bahujan Communities
The beloved ruler is supposed to be the first king to introduce affirmative action policies in education and employment for the benefit of Dalit communities.
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Sharana Movement and Akkamahadevi: A Conversation with Dr Veeranna Rajur
Dr Veeranna B. Rajur talks about the Sharana movement, its philosophy and the place that Akkamahadevi’s literature occupied in it.
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Revisiting the Writings of Dr B.R. Ambedkar Through the Feminist Discourse
An attempt to view Dr Ambedkar’s work from a feminist perspective and understand his contribution to the discourse.
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On Ambedkar Jayanti, Revisiting: ‘The Annihilation of Caste’
On Ambedkar Jayanti, an extract from B.R. Ambedkar’s seminal, unspoken speech.
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Ambedkar and the Call to Conversion!
If Ambedkar were alive and in Gujarat today, he and his followers would have been hauled up, fined and imprisoned under the provisions of the amendments of the ‘Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act’ which was passed by the Gujarat State Assembly on April 1, 2021.
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Ambedkar’s Legacy Lives on in Anti-Caste Peasants’ Movements
Ambedkarite peasant radicalism of the 1930s provided multiple avenues for Dalits to forge wide-ranging alliances with non-Dalit masses.
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Snapshots from Mahatma Jotirao Phule’s Life, Through the Eyes of His Close Aide
The translation of an essay by Govind Ganapat Kale from the 1981 Marathi book ‘Amhi Pahilele Phule’. The book is a compilation of recollections narrated by Jotirao Phule’s associates and contemporaries, compiled by Pandharinath Patil and edited by Sitaram Raikar.
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Do Not Let Hindutva Rulers Destroy Heritage of Communal Unity of Jallianwala Bagh Martyrs
Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs fought and died together for India’s independence.
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Remembering Jotiba Phule, the Mahatma who Fought against Brahmin Hegemony
An epoch-maker, Phule is one of the most radical activist-thinkers of the 19th century.
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In His Writings on Caste, Bhagat Singh Saw Dalits as Vanguard of Revolution in India
Bhagat Singh understood caste and the practice of untouchability and its associated binary of purity-pollution as an integral part of Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma).
