Dalit Memory and Dalit Identity
Abstract Introduction Remembered histories make up our inner lives, and that of our families and communities. Happy and joyful memories, dimly-remembered and unexplained events as children have a way of…
Cynthia Stephen
Gail Omvedt : A tribute
Gail Omvedt was a towering figure in the social sciences in India for decades. Author of over 25 books and a series of well-received columns for the Hindu of yesteryears,…
Patching up livelihoods of folk artistes in Corona times
As the Covid-19 lockdown kicked in March, Bangalore and most other cities in India witnessed an exodus of migrant workers returning to their homes in northern and eastern India, by…
Renegades vs the true children of Mother India
There's a well-known story, often included in children's story anthologies, about the legendary wisdom of King Solomon. Once a dispute between two women was brought to him to resolve. Both…
A garland in the wrong hands
The state of the nation is disturbed. The economic data is at a historic low – GDP, Employment, NPAs in banks, cost overruns, even falling demand not only in the…
Whither The India of Today and tomorrow?
I have recently been reading and re-reading some of the important works which attempt to understand the various strands that make up the tangled strands of present-day India. In my…
When Will We Hear A Peaceful ‘Ram Ram’ Greeting?
Dehko, o deewano, yeah kaamnakaro, Ram kanaambadnaamna karo… The plaintive song from the past runs through my head as one reads the news reports of the competitive slogan mongering that…
Will India Take the Road Less Travelled – and Make All the Difference?
The social ferment presently being witnessed all over India and abroad, where the Indian diaspora has spread out, is the background in which Modi has set out on his latest…
A Poem For Today’s India
Namo…nnamaha! Vande Mataram! Mothers and sisters, our salutations to you! Only make sure your limbs are fully swathed Smothered with textile, yard upon yard of silk or polyester Head covered,…
Heroes And Sheroes Of Plural India: Savitribai Phule
This article is part of a series called “Heroes And Sheroes Of Plural India” under #AnHourForCommunalHramony campaign to celebrate the Heroes and Sheroes who struggled to shape modern India…
Patients Before Profit: Public vs Private , The Debate In Karnataka
Affordable health care is now becoming increasingly inaccessible to the poor and lower middle classes in India, given the drive to privatization in all parts of the social sector. Sally…
Dusty Memoir: “Eat Dust: Mining And Greed In Goa”
“Eat Dust! Eat Dust!”, chanted the villagers who had gathered in the Public Hearing by the Environment ministry on the environmental impact of a mining lease which was due to…
“Who Killed Swamy Laxmananda?”
The events in Kandhamal in 2008 shook the entire country. The large number of tribal and Dalit Christians in this remote district of the then Orissa (now Odisha) state were…
In Chennai, TPDK Hails A Victory Of Good Over Brahmanism
The festive season in India begins with Nag Panchami. Ganesh Chaturthi follows. A few weeks later come the ten-day festivities of Dussehra, culminating in Ram Leela where effigies of Ravana…
Mahishasur In The North, Ravan Leela In The South
The ongoing Mahishasur movement in North India has stirred up the Dravidian subconscious in south India. This year, on the day of Dussehra, effigies of Ram, Sita and Lakshman were…
Book On Kandhamal ‘A Wake-Up Call For The Nation’
Investigative book 'Who killed Swami Laxmanananda?' authored by senior journalist Anto Akkara, came in for wide acclaim at its release in Bangalore on July 23 with eminent jurist and former…
BP Mahesh Guru’s Arrest Widely Condemned
A journalism professor accused of making insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union minister Smriti Irani has been jailed for insulting Lord Rama. Professor BP Mahesh Guru, who teaches…
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