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Suraj Yengde
This writer is with the department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University.
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The Queen is dead… Long live the Queen?Subscriber Only
September 18, 2022 03:54 IST
Suraj Yengde writes: Elizabeth’s legacy is unsurprisingly complex. The royal family history in the UK consists of Norman invasions into the segregated island of Europe about a thousand years ago. Most of the British royalty have German heritage.
Sun, Sep 18, 2022
What India needs at 75: A museum of untouchabilitySubscriber Only
August 21, 2022 04:04 IST
Suraj Yengde writes: There must be an exhibition of atrocities as well as Dalit memorials to remind the nation that such unwarranted incidents continue to occur. Since the Dalit community is resourceless, they have not been able to make much progress with independent museums.
Sun, Aug 21, 2022
The new President: Beyond the tokenismSubscriber Only
July 24, 2022 04:00 IST
Suraj Yengde writes: While the list of Presidents of India has been impressively diverse, it was missing an important Adivasi voice. It took the nation 75 years to find a suitable Adivasi leader.
Sun, Jul 24, 2022
Suraj Yengde writes: The caste and politics of Sena’s rise and its crisisSubscriber Only
June 26, 2022 04:09 IST
Suraj Yengde writes: The Shiv Sena has always been an issue-based, reactionary congregation. It adopts issues and works on them till these are used up and moves on to the next.
Sun, Jun 26, 2022
Dalit Panthers was an ideology and a sight of the Dalit response to injusticeSubscriber Only
May 29, 2022 03:16 IST
Suraj Yengde writes: Dalit Panthers is not just a temporal figment that existed in the past. It is louder now. It exists in the people and their actions.
Sun, May 29, 2022
Why they are afraid of Jignesh MevaniSubscriber Only
May 01, 2022 03:31 IST
Suraj Yengde writes: Mevani represents the state of the ordinary public, who look at him as their hero fighting for their rights. Though Mevani is an Independent legislator, he has a nationwide reach.
Sun, May 01, 2022
Losers all? Time to rethink first-past-the-post systemSubscriber Only
April 03, 2022 03:30 IST
In almost every election, from national, state, to local governments, or even at the office level, one has to play the game of dirty craftsmanship to get a sizeable vote share in elections. Due to the nature of India’s democracy, votes are enshrined in caste and religion.
Sun, Apr 03, 2022
Ukraine: India must not fall into either trapSubscriber Only
March 06, 2022 03:20 IST
The conflict has to do with remnants of the Cold War tussle for supremacy. Ukraine is being used by both the Western bloc and Russia to establish their influence.
Sun, Mar 06, 2022
The symbolism of inter-caste marriagesSubscriber Only
February 06, 2022 03:20 IST
When countries worldwide are now integrating rapidly across color, racial, ethnic boundaries, the Indian government has to offer incentives for couples to marry outside rigid boundaries. Does inter-caste marriage then result in the anticipated social change and abolish untouchability?
Sun, Feb 06, 2022
Views about Mayawati, and what they tell usSubscriber Only
January 09, 2022 04:15 IST
If the new awakened culture is really committed to representation to marginalised identities, they will not find an alternative better than Mayawati.
Mon, Jan 10, 2022
Caste-less comedy: Time to lift curtainsSubscriber Only
December 26, 2021 04:30 IST
Kunal Kamra, Suraj Yengde write: It is about time comedy gets caste on board because it is the original humour that we can collectively fight and riot over.
Sun, Dec 26, 2021
Retracing Fa-Hien in the land of the BuddhaSubscriber Only
December 12, 2021 03:48 IST
🔴 Suraj Yengde writes: Today, we must honour Fa-Hien as a great chronicler of medieval India. He should be included in the pantheons of Bahujan society and India’s national history.
Mon, Dec 13, 2021
On climate, hear those who live by the EarthSubscriber Only
November 14, 2021 03:15 IST
Suraj Yengde writes: The rise of Green Parties across industrially developed nations is a sign of the growing impact of climate activists. Manny Green Parties now have a decisive role to play in governments.
Mon, Nov 15, 2021
Is it yet an era for Dalit leadership?Subscriber Only
October 17, 2021 03:15 IST
Suraj Yengde writes: Charanjit Singh Channi’s elevation as CM may be no more than an act of symbolism and charity, but there is also hope that it can throw up a challenge to the caste dominance in politics.
Mon, Oct 18, 2021
Across groups, the case for a caste censusSubscriber Only
September 19, 2021 03:50 IST
Suraj Yengde writes: We need to know the numbers of the beneficiaries of the caste system as well. Without this, the SC, ST census is akin to counting the protected species in a jungle.
Mon, Sep 20, 2021
Could BAMCEF be the needed answer to RSS?Subscriber Only
August 22, 2021 03:40 IST
Suraj Yengde writes: Will the liberal, progressive centrists, Leftists, unionists and LGBTIQ+ trust in a social organisation that can rival the RSS?
Mon, Aug 23, 2021
How State can benefit from quality education to SCs, STsSubscriber Only
July 25, 2021 03:35 IST
Suraj Yengde writes: If every deserving child gets the desired support, imagine how much talent and energy will be added to the engine of India’s new growth story. This cannot happen through people’s charity. It is the duty of the State.
Sun, Jul 25, 2021
Buddha, the first doctor of the mindSubscriber Only
June 27, 2021 03:35 IST
One doesn’t become the Buddha instantly, but there is always hope that we free ourselves from clinging on to desires and detachment. To see things as they are.
Sun, Jun 27, 2021
Kabir is a perfect embodiment of the Dalit reaction to India’s religious divideSubscriber Only
May 30, 2021 03:42 IST
The universality of Kabir lies in his acceptance by each and rejection by the same creed. Where does Kabir then lie? It is in the untouched, disrespected, humiliated bodies of the lowest considered beings.
Sun, May 30, 2021
Ambedkar challenged history, probed society, and anthropologically argued with legal conventionsSubscriber Only
April 18, 2021 03:05 IST
Ambedkar’s writings are an ideal interface to grant the desired humanity to the dehumanised and excluded people declared untouchable and unseeable — a group without history.
Sun, Apr 18, 2021
If Mr Modi is genuine in his interest towards the social diversities of India, he needs to work in their favourSubscriber Only
March 21, 2021 03:03 IST
World over, the government is scrutinised and if things go on at the pace as they are doing now, one might fear this vibrant democracy will be shunned as a hostile State
Sun, Mar 21, 2021
Whatever we have today in Brahminism is a twisted history of Buddha’s workSubscriber Only
February 07, 2021 04:00 IST
To investigate the Buddhist past is to supplant both Hindu (Brahminic) and Islamic history, for they contributed to the erasure of Buddhist richness from the land.
Sun, Feb 07, 2021
In times of family grief, we become one and get tied to our unified selvesSubscriber Only
January 10, 2021 03:20 IST
Our minds think about the beautiful things we have and that is family. It is the most valued institution where respect and honour are not performative. It is a candid space of attracting compassion and sharing warmth.
Sun, Jan 10, 2021
Charge of Dalit patriarchy is now being used to put down any assertion of being DalitSubscriber Only
December 13, 2020 03:30 IST
One cannot be blind to the suppression of one’s own while positing a universalist agenda. Anti-women behaviour needs to be addressed as a community project.
Sun, Dec 13, 2020
Not having a social media account is not an uncool thingSubscriber Only
November 15, 2020 01:03 IST
The story of social media is brutal and very depressing. As you descend into an abyss of trauma and helplessness, do look up and around, you will find more darkness.
Sun, Nov 15, 2020Journalism of Courage
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