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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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In Kenya, rebels with a cause but no affiliationsSubscriber Only
August 04,2024 07:06:21 AM
Kenya has seemingly inspired its neighbouring nations in the region. With an aggressively pro-capitalist economy, it was an eyesore for neighbours like Tanzania, where Julius Nyerere (anti-colonial activist who later became the Prime Minister) took the socialist path.
Sun, Aug 04, 2024
Watching the American polls, one debate at a timeSubscriber Only
July 21,2024 07:20:26 AM
We cannot say for sure what the future holds, as we prepare for the next couple of months to decide the fate of this messy economy that is in the hands of leaders with bureaucrats who are hated by the Republican vote bank and an autocratic leader with the impulse control of a toddler.
Sun, Jul 21, 2024
Savarna parties have once again isolated Dalit voicesSubscriber Only
June 23,2024 07:07:02 AM
Though attachment to the Ambedkar family lineage still draws the rural masses, the people I have interacted with in political circles and urban voters have expressed dismay over Mayawati and Prakash Ambedkar’s politics and nature of interactions.
Sun, Jun 23, 2024
Government has not added jobs but graduate degrees and skills don’t mean job stabilitySubscriber Only
May 26,2024 08:10:50 AM
Despite a salary package of over Rs 3 lakh per year, he only manages to take home Rs 15,000 per month.
Sun, May 26, 2024
A vote for Ambedkarite politics is a vote for democracySubscriber Only
April 28,2024 08:45:51 AM
All other ideologies, barring the Left, are ill-equipped to take on the cultural monster that the BJP has created
Sun, Apr 28, 2024
India should be grateful for a leader like MayawatiSubscriber Only
March 17,2024 07:40:04 AM
She cannot be equated with any north Indian leader, except Narendra Modi. Yet, she is more experienced than him
Sun, Mar 17, 2024
Why Rahul Gandhi’s politics is that of the BSPSubscriber Only
February 18,2024 07:55:21 AM
Rahul Gandhi's mind has been shaped in recent years in the company of these few Dalit minds.
Sun, Feb 18, 2024
Anand Teltumbde: Of a frank and fearless mindSubscriber Only
January 21,2024 07:45:20 AM
Teltumbde helped us to foreground the meaning of atrocity. Among his notable scholarly contributions to social sciences are his monographs covering the state and the political economy.
Sun, Jan 21, 2024
Jats in the modern worldSubscriber Only
December 24,2023 07:00:57 AM
A band of proud people, Jats, with their traditional outlook on worldly affairs, are now grappling with the politics of the nation that has transitioned into a democracy.
Sun, Dec 24, 2023
VT Rajshekar: Journalist, anti-caste legend who spoke his mindSubscriber Only
November 26,2023 06:55:18 AM
Vontibettu Thimmappa Rajshekar Shetty (VTR) authored 30 books centering on caste, nation and religion
Sun, Nov 26, 2023
Amid war, it’s time to take a position — for the oppressedSubscriber Only
October 15,2023 07:43:30 AM
The most important sites for the desert religions are in Jerusalem, where Judaism, Christianity and Islam stake their claim. The fight for their ownership has changed the region’s portfolio.
Tue, Oct 17, 2023
Finding peace and Dhamma in Sri LankaSubscriber Only
October 01,2023 07:36:45 AM
Like Indians, Sri Lankans seem to be cognisant of the many invasions that happened in South India and how Hinduism was brought in to challenge Buddhism. They also faced the desecration of their sacred sites in the past and during the civil war.
Sun, Oct 01, 2023
Umar Khalid’s jail stint and the deficit of truthSubscriber Only
September 03,2023 07:40:55 AM
A doctorate in Adivasi history from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Umar Khalid has been an active comrade student on campus.
Sun, Sep 03, 2023
A Brahminical assault on reason and rationalitySubscriber Only
August 20,2023 07:30:46 AM
The murder of leaders like Dr Narendra Dabholkar, Prof M M Kalburgi and Govind Pansare, who guided an agenda of public good and promoted constitutional values says a lot about the direction the country is heading.
Sun, Aug 20, 2023
Caste & conversion: another layer among the SCsSubscriber Only
July 23,2023 07:45:29 AM
The Scheduled Caste community has to actively push for the recognition and emancipation of their Abrahamic counterparts who still lag behind the opportunities.
Sun, Jul 23, 2023
Atrocities on Dalits and a dead societySubscriber Only
June 25,2023 06:21:28 AM
Suraj Yengde writes: More than a decade ago, Dalit scholars in the US intended to start a web portal to exclusively report atrocities. They enlisted me. However, I could not. I did not. I don’t know if the reason was my work pressure or unwillingness to undergo the trauma.
Sun, Jun 25, 2023
Caste and untouchability in Nepal: A familiar storySubscriber Only
May 28,2023 07:20:17 AM
Due to the absence of a solid political force lobbying for the rights of the Dalits, the Dalit population has been organising under civil societies mostly aided by some cultural and social organisations.
Sun, May 28, 2023
Doing politics is different from being in politicsSubscriber Only
April 30,2023 07:42:16 AM
Doing politics and being in politics is a condition of the state. We change sequences over professionalized politics and politicized professions which act in conjunction with power, hierarchy, and castes.
Sun, Apr 30, 2023
When electronic voting machines meet democracySubscriber Only
April 02,2023 07:30:44 AM
The research community has demonstrated its defiance of EVMs. A 2010 study by Prasad, Halderman and Gonggrijp observed that EVMs are "vulnerable to serious attacks that can alter election results and violate the secrecy of the ballot".
Sun, Apr 02, 2023
Is G20 meet India’s NAM moment with a difference?Subscriber Only
March 05,2023 07:05:25 AM
With G-20 still seen as a not-yet formal heavyweight, it has the possibility of becoming one. Scholar of the G-20, Steven Slaughter, argues that it is this nature of the grouping that offers it more flexibility. The question is, can India use this opportunity and make its own NAM moment of a different kind?
Sun, Mar 05, 2023
Constitution & society: An evolutionary taleSubscriber Only
February 05,2023 07:40:28 AM
In most democracies, the constitution is guided by constitutionalism, which is the power to limit the government’s absolutism.
Sun, Feb 05, 2023
Lahori Ram Balley, a true AmbedkariteSubscriber Only
January 08,2023 07:26:04 AM
Lahori Ram Balley of Jalandhar is an important link in the archive of India’s history who witnessed the prophet of the millions who were subjugated under the tyranny of the caste system.
Sun, Jan 08, 2023
What Kharge’s rise says about a changing CongressSubscriber Only
December 11,2022 07:49:28 AM
At a time when politics produces a self-serving creed, Kharge’s long association with the Congress party amidst tumult and factionalism is a sight of extraordinary commitment to an ideology and its life.
Sun, Dec 11, 2022
Hurdles in the way of social democracySubscriber Only
November 13,2022 06:30:36 AM
While the new amendment was challenged in court, the EWS quota was filled in 2019. This shows that the solidarity of the castes is more prominent than the class validity it is based upon.
Sun, Nov 13, 2022
Why Mohan Bhagwat’s words ring hollowSubscriber Only
October 16,2022 04:15:59 AM
In 2012, at an Idea Exchange session with Loksatta, Dr Bhagwat fielded questions on caste and representation of Dalits and women in the RSS. He was locked in the guise of being a benign nationalist father figure, who doesn’t discriminate, yet referred to Dalits as “these classes”.
Sun, Oct 16, 2022Journalism of Courage
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