Indhumathi, who was elected unopposed as Nayakaneri panchayat president in 2021, has waged long battle to take oath, says she is ‘being punished for no mistake of hers’.
Reversing its position, BSP has decided to contest all 10 seats in upcoming assembly bypolls, and is inducting more OBC and Muslim faces. It has also reduced the membership fee.
In ‘How Long Can The Moon Be Caged’, Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia look at present-day India through the lived experiences of political prisoners.
Drifting away from both BJP & BSP, Dalit vote moved significantly towards INDIA bloc this election. Plot thickened as Chandrashekhar Azad won from Nagina, drawing BSP's core voters.
BJP leaders' statements on Constitution & Haryana BJP govt's recruitment policy have sparked fear that the party is out to eliminate reservation. The party dismisses this as unfounded.
'Concealing Caste: Passing and Personhood in Dalit Literature', edited by K. Satyanarayana and Joel Lee, brings together Dalit writings that reveal the inner workings of a vicious social order.
'Dalits in the New Millennium', edited by D Shyam Babu, Rahul Verma and Sudha Pai, analyses the political and economic shifts that influenced Dalit lives.
Somnath Waghmare's documentary on Babasaheb’s resting place at Dadar serves as a walking tour for those oblivious to the drumbeats of Dalit assertion that plays out every 6 December.
SP, Congress, BJP & ASP plan outreach programmes for Dalit community. BSP chief Mayawati calls them ‘new well-wishers’ of party founder, says 'posing for sake of votes' ahead of 2024.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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