Topic: Dalit scholars
In JNU, works of Gail Omvedt and Dalit scholars are relegated to ‘underground’ networks
I joined JNU’s Centre for Historical Studies in 1995, and found that books and archival materials on Dalits and Adivasis were scarce. Keeping up the Brahminical caste status was a primary motive of these studies.
This is why Dalit women are singing Tathagata Buddha songs in UP
The growing popularity of Tathagata Buddha songs is all about the reach of Ambedkar’s conversion ideology in Uttar Pradesh.
‘Not just Right-wing, even liberal academics have biases against Dalit scholars’
Sabah K. -
Author Kancha Ilaiah talks about how casteism exists across the spectrum; says some people started threatening him after Gauri Lankesh’s murder.
On Camera
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US blames failure to shut Pakistan border for Afghan defeat. India, please take note
The US could have used its coercive resources to compel Pakistan to shut down the Taliban’s transborder sanctuaries. It chose not to—costing its victory.
Modi govt to allow duty-free import of soybean, sunflower oil, cool surging prices
The government will permit purchases of 2 million tons each of the two vegetable oils per annum this fiscal year and the next, according to a notification by the finance ministry.
Defence
‘Golden Letter Day’: Captain Abhilasha Barak becomes Army’s 1st woman combat pilot
Indian Army so far did not have women officers in the flying branch, unlike the Indian Air Force and the Navy.
Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.