At the third edition of the Dalit Literature utsav, writers showcased novels, poetry, and around 70 journals. The upper-caste Bengali book lovers have had very limited exposure to that.
Lohia-BSP-led social justice movement in North India had a different frame and trajectory than in the South. Periyar and Lalai Singh didn't fit in them.
In Exploring the Margins: Caste, Class and Gender Identity, Suresh Kumar explores how Dalit writers enunciate their ‘self’— like Om Prakash Valmiki in Joothan.
The debate around Indian translation is not just about cultural loss, it's the role languages play in the field of translation & the hierarchy they fall under.
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.
Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.
On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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