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Abhik Bhattacharya
Abhik Bhattacharya is a Senior Assistant Editor with Indian Express. He writes on Adivasi rights, Dalit issues and politics of Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.
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Ban on Sci-Hub, Libgen goes against the essence of free knowledgeSubscriber Only
August 25, 2025 16:07 IST
To make knowledge free in a knowledge economy might be utopia, but at least our judiciary could take a more nuanced view so as not to further facilitate the reproduction of ‘theoretical Brahmins’ and ‘empirical Shudras’
Mon, Aug 25, 2025
‘Himachal Pradesh polyandry’: This is not a news. It is Savarna gazeSubscriber Only
July 23, 2025 18:17 IST
Unlike the caste society, different tribal groups practice multiple forms of marriage, and often they are connected to preserving natural resources, either for the clan or for the family
Wed, Jul 23, 2025
Satyajit Ray’s ancestral home in Bangladesh and a few untold storiesSubscriber Only
July 16, 2025 15:30 IST
The birth of Bangladesh was a victory of the ethno-linguistic spirit over religious dogmatism. Satyajit Ray’s films and writings upheld that spirit
Thu, Jul 17, 2025
Kamal Nayan Chaubey’s Adivasi or Vanvasi unpacks the Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram’s influence on tribal politicsSubscriber Only
June 01, 2025 16:19 IST
"In its early days — the VKA was formed in 1952 — the organisation focused on two things: countering Christian influence among tribals and spreading Hindu values. However, from 1970 onwards, many Left-oriented organisations started raising the issue of forest and land rights," says the author
Sun, Jun 01, 2025
Bengali Hindus know how to worship. They don’t need lessonsSubscriber Only
April 11, 2025 17:46 IST
The man in a recent viral video, or for that matter, anyone who questions Bengali Hindus’ meatatarian spirituality, must understand our complex history
Fri, Apr 11, 2025
Santosh K Singh’s The Deras: Culture, Diversity and Politics recovers the syncretic, if male-dominated, character of these sacred spaces in PunjabSubscriber Only
April 06, 2025 10:20 IST
In the state's Jat-Sikh-dominated society, Valmikis and Chamars rarely found representation. Deras occupied this vacuum. They offered the marginalised shelter, spatiality to counter the caste hegemony and legends of Ambedkar and Ravidas.
Mon, Apr 07, 2025
Ranchi is a city that does not need to be yours to be yoursSubscriber Only
March 17, 2025 12:14 IST
Dotted with a Hanuman mandir, a masjid and a church in a row, Ranchi’s main road doesn’t boast of syncretism, it flexes coexistence. It is not a melting pot, but a salad bowl — where none is forced to assimilate.
Wed, Mar 19, 2025
Why AAP and BJP are fighting over @CMODelhi handle on XSubscriber Only
February 18, 2025 18:53 IST
The Delhi CMO has mailed X asking them to restore the original handle to avoid ‘misuse’ and ‘tampering’. It is clear that the political battleground has shifted; the fight is over digital estate.
Wed, Feb 19, 2025
A non-tribal to head Tribal Affairs Ministry? Why Suresh Gopi’s comment doesn’t pass the history testSubscriber Only
February 04, 2025 14:54 IST
Adivasis have always been underrepresented in government. Only an Adivasi leader would be able to understand the complex demands of the communities beyond the binary of modern development and conservation of traditional culture
Tue, Feb 04, 2025
Gender equality or customary rights? Uttarakhand’s exemption of Adivasis from UCC poses many questionsSubscriber Only
January 29, 2025 14:44 IST
While it is necessary to preserve the cultural rights of the Adivasis, gender rights must have a larger appeal. Tribal daughters deserve to own their father’s property
Wed, Jan 29, 2025
Debates on illegal immigration during Delhi elections have a more than 30-year historySubscriber Only
January 24, 2025 18:15 IST
Success of AAP had catalysed narratives on development and corruption in the past 10 years. But political parties are back to harping on insider-outsider binary
Fri, Jan 24, 2025
Chandrabindoo is back: Why the return of the Kolkata band is laden with nostalgiaSubscriber Only
January 14, 2025 19:13 IST
With their new album Talobasha, the millennials whose secrets they know best, find a space to fall back on
Tue, Jan 14, 2025
Significance of Rahul Gandhi’s blue t-shirt in Parliament — and why it is the colour of resistanceSubscriber Only
January 02, 2025 15:52 IST
Though it is not clear why blue was conceived as the symbol of the Dalit movement, Ambedkarite scholars say that it is due to the colour of the sky beneath which everyone is equal.
Thu, Jan 02, 2025
Born in UP, married to a Jain, still a ‘Jharkhandi’: Sitarani’s spirit upholds the essence of Jharkhand’s statehood struggleSubscriber Only
January 01, 2025 10:08 IST
As Jharkhand turns 25 this year, those who invested their youth to get ‘independence’ for the state deserve a mention. Sitarani Jain is one such andolankari.
Wed, Jan 01, 2025
It could be heaven or it could be hell: Ambedkar, Amit Shah and the varying concepts of salvationSubscriber Only
December 25, 2024 16:13 IST
The way Ambedkar conceived the concept of ‘hell’ is antithetical to the framework of Hindutva politics, which wants to assimilate Dalits into their fold as ‘backward Hindus’. For the father of the Indian Constitution, ‘hell’ was the place where Dalits were being pushed to through centuries of deprivation and marginalisation
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