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Across the world, governments design and implement policies with the explicit goal of promoting social justice. But can such institutions change entrenched social norms? And what effects should we expect from differently designed... more
Abstract: The concept of engaged Buddhism, from Thich That Hang to Daisaku Ikeda to Dr. Ambedkar- has been consistently advocating for the activists of world peace in their specific manner. The unprecedented awarding of Nobel Peace Prizes... more
Conversation : S V Rajadurai, V Geetha & Vidya Bhushan Rawat on Periyar's ideology, self respect movement and opportunism of political parties S V Rajadurai is one of the leading intellectuals from Tamil Nadu who has written, in English... more
This article looks at three groups in diverse geographies: Dalits in India, Burakumin in Japan and Roma in Europe. Although, these communities are different from each other and have distinct histories, they are bound by their existence in... more
This article traces the history of cow's holiness in the Vedic period documents and how it has been manufactured by the Hindutva gang, specially RSS to persecute Muslims and Dalits. Link for Hindi versions:... more
In the Lotus Sutra (the 1st Sanskrit literature introduced into China and Vietnam from India), Siddhartha is represented as the most revered and worshipped creature walked on two feet.
Submissive, subdued, subjugated, dominated, exploited have become the part and parcel unwilling traits of when it comes to being a woman. Women in this ‘developing’ universe have been meted to injustices... more
Despite segregation of the locals from the Aryans, metisation continued for close to a millennium, from the absolute sexual right the Aryans had over their women slaves. The mixed-Aryan communities` thus formed, along with the pure local... more
Baluta is the first Dalit autobiography written by Daya Pawar, published in 1978. Originally written in Marathi and took a long time of about two scores to be translated into English in 2015 by Jerry Pinto. The depiction of the writer’s... more
Bhakti Movement in India and Negro Spirituals in America are both created out of social misconduct and spiritual inclination to solve this misconduct. Bhakti Movement started to address the issues of Caste discrimination in Indian... more
its the soicial contract theory and views of the philosophers on the Nature of states
never deeply anti-business (p. 4), the political and economic elite always had a working relationship (ibid.), Nehru was no antibusiness ideologue (p. 6) and similar views can be found scattered around in the book. Even the often-used... more
Engaged Buddhism refers to Buddhists who are seeking ways to apply the insights from meditation practice and dharma teachings to situations of social, political, environmental, and economic suffering and injustice. The Non-duality of... more
This paper estimates the constituency-level development effects of quotas for the Scheduled Castes (SCs) in India, using a unique dataset of development indicators for more than 3,100 state assembly constituencies in 15 Indian states in... more
never deeply anti-business (p. 4), the political and economic elite always had a working relationship (ibid.), Nehru was no antibusiness ideologue (p. 6) and similar views can be found scattered around in the book. Even the often-used... more
When Women Paid Tax to Cover Their Breasts by Lavanya Shanbhogue Arvind BEWARE! HINDUTVA RULERS ARE COMMITTED TO BRING BACK SUCH OBNOXIOUS TIMES WHEN CASTEISM RULED MUST READ. LINK:... more
Dalit musicians offer a radical imagination of music that breaks open the binaries of the sonic while adopting multiple genres, technologies, and emerging soundscapes. Radhika Kumar T he young Dalit rapper, Sumeet Samos, from Odisha, was... more
MUST READ https://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/landlessness-takes-away-dalits-legal-and-official-validity-as-indian-citizens/story-1QeT0Tjwp3dbdJjI93OXQJ.html Landlessness takes away Dalits’ legal and official validity as Indian... more
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/payal-tadvi-mumbai-doctor-suicide-caste-5753378/ The Shadow of Caste by Professor Shah Alam Mumbai doctor’s suicide highlights, once again, discrimination in medical institutions. In his... more
Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar was inspired from Mahatma Phule. He raised women’s issues as Member of Legislative Council during a debate in the Bombay Legislative Assembly. In his address on November 10, 1938, he strongly advocated family... more
We are passing through very critical times. With PM Modi and his ministers claiming that they are RSS cadres and taking instructions form their 'Mother', the RSS the days of a democratic-secular India seems to be numbered. It is because... more
This paper estimates the constituency-level development effects of quotas for the Scheduled Castes (SCs) in India, using a unique dataset of development indicators for more than 3,100 state assembly constituencies in 15 Indian states in... more
Engaged Buddhism refers to Buddhists who are seeking ways to apply the insights from meditation practice and dharma teachings to situations of social, political, environmental, and economic suffering and injustice. The Non-duality of... more
The intimate and intense conflict developed between Tollywood actor and Jana Sena Party (JSP) founder Pawan Kalyan and Director Mahesh Kathi in the year 2017 due to the enthusiasm of the former fanatic fans is analysed. Primarily... more
Engaged Buddhism refers to Buddhists who are seeking ways to apply the insights from meditation practice and dharma teachings to situations of social, political, environmental, and economic suffering and injustice. The Non-duality of... more
RSS/BJP claim to safeguard the interests of Dalits who are referred to as Sudras in Manusmriti. Is it possible? A renowned Indian journalist tries to find out the answer. Since RSS/BJP held Hinduism/Hindu nation/Casteism as synonymous,... more
For the past few months a lot of discussions and debates have been going around India on the question of ‘Freedom’ (Azadi). After the death of Rohith Vemula and the arrest of Kanhayya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirbhan Bhattacharya the... more
Doms are the most marginalised and isolated community among the Dalits in India. Varanasi is famous for its Ghat and one of them where the Doms burns the dead bodies. Doms had been traditionally engaged in picking up and cremating dead... more