Sunday, 2 October, 2022
TopicDalit History Month

Topic: Dalit History Month

Meet Chuni Kotal, the Dalit Advasi woman from Bengal who battled stigma in Indian education

Nidhima Taneja -
Kotal was the first woman from the Lodha Savaras tribe to graduate and became an idol for the new generation of Dalit Adivasis and women.

Reading Dalit literature changes established accounts of nationalism, colonialism & modernity

Rita Kothari -
Reading Dalit literature, we encounter an India that the urban upper-caste readers choose to ignore, or a definition of India we would rather not learn.

Understanding the new Dalit identity: Radical, angry, urgent and international

Suraj Yengde -
To understand the life of Dalits, Indians need to be re-educated. The categories of Dalits as change-making rebels is the least apprehended terminology.

Can you be a true democracy & let go of caste, Ambedkar asked Indians. We are yet to reply

Vineeth Krishna -
Ambedkar was optimistic about constitutional democracy working in India. However, by 1953, he had lost hope.

Where are the archives of our Dalit Trans foremothers and forefathers?

Grace Banu -
Dalit transgender people are at the intersection of caste and diverse notions of gender, and are always the last people who make it into the annals of history.

The ‘Bahujan unity’ model is the only way to counter the BJP-RSS at national level

Rahul Sonpimple -
If you follow Phule and Ambedkar’s vision, it is clear that top-down approach of Indian leftists and liberals, who consider caste to be merely a part of culture and not a fundamental base, won’t work.

In Western UP, Dalit-owned hospitals are starting a new social revolution

D. Shyam Babu -
The newest revolution is the number of hospitals owned by Dalit doctors that are springing up everywhere in the country, posing a powerful counter to the centuries-old stigmas.

Digital Dalits: Is social media a game changer for Dalit politics?

Amit Ahuja -
Besides amplifying Dalit protests, social media has lowered the barriers to entry into the political discourse for Dalits. ThePrint is publishing articles on Dalit issues...

Agarwal, Gandhi, Oberoi: But where are the Dalit surnames in Indian history & pop culture?

Sumeet Samos -
The history of caste Hindus is a narrative of self-success which has been steeped in the very marrow of caste Hindu culture. 

If Ambedkar & Lohia met: How history missed a crucial moment in social justice politics

Anurag Bhaskar -
Social justice political forces have kept the ideas of Ambedkar and Lohia as separate legacies. This imposes limitations on contemporary politics.
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Over 38% inmates in Indian jails are OBCs, 10% increase in a decade, study finds

Akshi Chawla -
Religious minorities, specifically Muslims and Sikhs, have been overrepresented among prison inmates for years now, but there have been some shifts in the last decade, NCRB data shows.
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How Xi Jinping used ‘revolution’ instead of ‘nationalism’ to take control of China

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Economy

A man counts Indian currency notes inside a shop in Mumbai, India | Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas

RBI tells state refiners to reduce dollar buying in spot market, contain sharp fall in rupee

Ira Dugal -
RBI has ensured that $9 billion has been made available at overseas branches of some Indian banks for the country's three state-run refiners to tap, according to sources.

Defence

Naval Group & IIT Goa signing agreement to extend partnership on 28 September | Twitter @navalgroup

France’s Naval Group, IIT Goa extend R&D deal for underwater surveillance, submarine imaging

Suchet Vir Singh -
Agreement will act as catalyst for improving analysis of data collected by underwater sensors through application of neural systems & AI.

National Interest

India’s hijab supporters will lose even if they win SC battle. Because the real war is political

Shekhar Gupta -
In a highly polarised time, cornered minorities tend to lean back and protect the roots and fundamentals of what is so dear to them. Politically, it can often be a bad trap.

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