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Editor: Dr. G.G. Parikh | Associate Editor: Neeraj Jain | Managing Editor: Guddi
The problems spotlighted by Ambedkar’s life, struggles and experimentation in ideas remain alive and kicking more than 50 years after his death, while the big socio-political questions he raised about the state, well-being and future of India remain basically unanswered.
While Hindu Shudras and Dalits enjoy the protection of reservation, a Muslim Ajlaf or Arzal, who experiences the same discrimination – if not worse due to their Muslim identity – is not given similar protection by the law.
A petition has been filed against actor Saif Ali Khan and director Om Raut of the film Adipurush in a district court of Uttar Pradesh for Saif’s comments on his role in the film. The judge by admitting this petition is shutting the door to free speech.
The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 continues to tread the same flawed path as its previous versions of 1993 and 2013 with little to no effect on providing succour to sanitation workers.
Caste prejudices and over-policing of certain communities are important factors behind the significant presence of marginalised groups in jails.
Thapar speaks about situating dissent in Indian history, how modern labels colour our understanding of the past and what misconceptions she frequently has to combat.
Why should we care about this case? Because Mahesh is fighting for our right to free speech and democratic expression of dissent.
Crimes against all women are on a rise but Dalit women suffer the double discrimination of gender and caste. Across India, cases of rape against SC women increased by 37%, and of assault by 20%, over the four years to 2019.
In his books, the writer – now in jail – demonstrates how caste atrocities are the result of deep-rooted societal structures.
Seeing merit as a ‘neutral’ ideology justifies exclusion and discrimination; mass examinations like the JEE reinforce the perception of merit as a measure of individual and relative ability divorced from social structural factors.
Janata Weekly is India’s oldest independent socialist weekly.
Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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