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How many Dalit authors from Bihar have you read? Here is why you haven’t
arun Posted On September 27, 2021


Dalits in Bihar have a high population and political mobilisation. And yet, their writings haven’t attained ‘mainstream’ popularity, with both causes and consequences linked to caste. Two things have happened recently. Delhi University has dropped from its English syllabus two […]


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Historical Perspective of Homosexuality in India
arun Posted On September 26, 2021


The LGBTQ+ acronym stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and others. In India LGBTQ+ community also include a specific social group, part religious cult, and part caste: the Hijras. They are culturally defined either as “neither men nor women” […]


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Are These Five Movies With Social Message On Your Watchlist?
arun Posted On September 19, 2021


Entertainment can be an agent of social change. Social messages delivered through movies reach the right audience scattered across class, caste and culture. Through their engaging and relatable plots, movies with social messages democratise the responsibility of social change by […]


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Battle of Saragarhi has become a symbol of valour, but Battle of Koregaon has no takers
arun Posted On September 15, 2021


Battle of Saragarhi and Battle of Koregaon Bhima both had Indian soldiers fighting for the British, but only one got a mainstream Bollywood film. There are two battles that are separated in time by almost 80 years and in space […]


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Suraj Yengde: ‘Inspired by Ambedkar, he gave his all to make the world a better place’
arun Posted On September 13, 2021


A tribute to a man who ‘collected the bricks of life’s obstacles to build a castle of new world and hope’. Suraj Yengde Nanded, a small town in the hinterland of Maharashtra, affixes its coordinates in between the cultures of […]


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Three years and still no trial: The Legal Battle of Bhima Koregaon
arun Posted On September 5, 2021


On July 5, 2021, 83-year-old activist and priest Father Stan Swamy passed away in a Mumbai private hospital while in judicial custody for his alleged involvement in the riots that took place in Bhima Koregaon post the Elgar Parishad event […]


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Dara Shikoh never became emperor. But he was a true child of India
arun Posted On August 31, 2021


Tariq Mansoor writes: With his pluralistic outlook and interest in different faiths, art and architecture, he had a deep understanding of India’s syncretic culture Written by Tariq Mansoor At a time when incidents of intolerance in the name of faith […]


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