Caste in Indian Cinema, 1930s to 2016
A two part article. The author finds that no film comes so close to the truth of what is really happening in our society today.
Caste, Class and India’s Covid Catastrophe
The reason for the Indian govt’s abysmal failure to tackle the second Covid wave lies in the fact that the Indian Republic – built as it is on the edifice of the British colonial state – is designed to work only on behalf of a tiny minority of Indians, leaving the vast majority to fend for themselves.
How Caste Oppression Is Institutionalised in India’s Sanitation Jobs
Despite modernisation, waste management remains one of the most underpaid and dangerous jobs in the country.
Wamandada Kardak: Singing a Casteless Republic into Being
Maharashtra’s Wamandada Kardak was the one singer, shahir, musician, poet and lyricist who changed the structure and politics of music. He is called the modern Kabir, for he made music the weapon of the masses, by imagining and singing the idea of Prabuddha Bharath.
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The Militant Origins of Indian Dance
All primary Indian dance forms, originating in primitive and tribal societies, are solidly linked with work activity. Classical forms have not been able to shed the martial and gymnastic poses of forms from which they originated.
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.
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.
On Ambedkar Jayanti, Revisiting: ‘The Annihilation of Caste’
On Ambedkar Jayanti, an extract from B.R. Ambedkar’s seminal, unspoken speech.
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.