In Assembling India’s Constitution: A New Democratic History, Rohit De and Ornit Shani show how upper-caste Hindus tried to protect caste privilege by presenting themselves as a minority under threat.
Retired bureaucrats from Dalit community say IPS officer Y Puran Kumar’s experiences weren’t different from their own, whether it's untouchability, slurs, or humiliation over quota.
During the discussion on 50 years of Emergency, journalist Bharat Bhushan said Indira Gandhi’s assertion that foreign powers were conspiring against her could be seen now too.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
Thousands of Dalit sanitation workers across India are forced to perform autopsies in place of doctors. ‘This practice is even worse than manual scavenging.’
Facing systemic exclusion, scores of Dalit families in Gujarat are turning to Buddhism. But official recognition of these conversions has been slow on account of bureaucratic hurdles.
Anant Mahadevan’s Hindi biopic on Jyotirao Phule is facing heat from Brahmin groups and the censor board. But for Dalits, it’s still a moment of anti-caste visibility.
There is a broad consensus across Chinese online platforms that US and Israeli actions have driven unilateral tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, troubling global energy markets.
IEA projects sharp reversal from its earlier expectations, with global demand for oil in 2026 turning negative. Hormuz disruptions have pushed crude prices to $130 per barrel.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
Alcohol and tobacco are a part of human civilisation. Right from a King to a beggar, every one drinks alcohol. Most doctors booze and smoke weed. It is their money, their health, and their choice. Intelligent and unintelligent people smoke and drink. Even children do it. A family known to me have normalised them to such an extent that doing them in front of their toddler is just like breathing oxygen and drinking water. Caste doesn’t matter. Upper caste drunkards and dalit teetotallers exist. Women do it more than men. Just go to a women’s public toilet, it will be filled with smoke of tobacco/ weed. Only the point of view differs—one may see it from caste angle, another may give two hoots to it. That toddler of today will most likely become a smoker and a drunkard in future thinking it is normal. Like how most women have normalised obesity, alcohol and tobacco are also normal.
Do you actually want to see a caste blind society ? I don’t think you want to. You don’t bring any data whatsoever to show that there are more alcohol shops in Dalit area then in other areas.
Dude are you going to blame caste for porn addiction tomorrow ? Seriously what is this shit ? They all depend on these anecdotes and BS victimhood epistemology to soothe themselves.
No one gives a damn in an urban space about your caste, how many kids (urban) in today’s generation have you seen talking about caste ? You will cling on to it even if you become a millionaire because you need something to blame the society instead of blaming yourself.
I was seeing this video of a girl from the dharavi slums who is trying to become a model. She literally became the face of a luxury brand – forest essentials. You know what will happen when people like her might have a fall in her life ? You will go and pull her down by blaming this society instead of saying “pick yourself up”. Man I hope she doesn’t meet your kind who are so depressing.
To finally break your argument completely- what about the Jews ? They are most persecuted group on this planet. No one comes to close to their suffering. Dalit activists would love to see themselves as that kind of victims but you are not.
Jews are the most successful community in this planet. So why are you not successful like the Jews, given that historically you have not gone through anything similar to them.
Dalit community will continue to fail because of people like you who don’t want to give them light. If you had actually made it about beating the society instead of blaming it, maybe you would have not have to sitting here and making shitty articles about “alcohol” which is drank by everyone.
I wrote this long comment because I just want this identity BS to end in this country.
The issues of Dalit sugarcane cutters, needs to be addressed. Much of this is caused by govt patronizing sugarcane unconditionally. That’s why, we need farm laws.
Alcohol and tobacco are a part of human civilisation. Right from a King to a beggar, every one drinks alcohol. Most doctors booze and smoke weed. It is their money, their health, and their choice. Intelligent and unintelligent people smoke and drink. Even children do it. A family known to me have normalised them to such an extent that doing them in front of their toddler is just like breathing oxygen and drinking water. Caste doesn’t matter. Upper caste drunkards and dalit teetotallers exist. Women do it more than men. Just go to a women’s public toilet, it will be filled with smoke of tobacco/ weed. Only the point of view differs—one may see it from caste angle, another may give two hoots to it. That toddler of today will most likely become a smoker and a drunkard in future thinking it is normal. Like how most women have normalised obesity, alcohol and tobacco are also normal.
Next up – liver cirrhosis checks caste documents. This is what happens to fanatics of identity.
Do you actually want to see a caste blind society ? I don’t think you want to. You don’t bring any data whatsoever to show that there are more alcohol shops in Dalit area then in other areas.
Dude are you going to blame caste for porn addiction tomorrow ? Seriously what is this shit ? They all depend on these anecdotes and BS victimhood epistemology to soothe themselves.
No one gives a damn in an urban space about your caste, how many kids (urban) in today’s generation have you seen talking about caste ? You will cling on to it even if you become a millionaire because you need something to blame the society instead of blaming yourself.
I was seeing this video of a girl from the dharavi slums who is trying to become a model. She literally became the face of a luxury brand – forest essentials. You know what will happen when people like her might have a fall in her life ? You will go and pull her down by blaming this society instead of saying “pick yourself up”. Man I hope she doesn’t meet your kind who are so depressing.
To finally break your argument completely- what about the Jews ? They are most persecuted group on this planet. No one comes to close to their suffering. Dalit activists would love to see themselves as that kind of victims but you are not.
Jews are the most successful community in this planet. So why are you not successful like the Jews, given that historically you have not gone through anything similar to them.
Dalit community will continue to fail because of people like you who don’t want to give them light. If you had actually made it about beating the society instead of blaming it, maybe you would have not have to sitting here and making shitty articles about “alcohol” which is drank by everyone.
I wrote this long comment because I just want this identity BS to end in this country.
The issues of Dalit sugarcane cutters, needs to be addressed. Much of this is caused by govt patronizing sugarcane unconditionally. That’s why, we need farm laws.