Bahujan Culture
Phanishwar Nath Renu – who gave centrality to the toilers of ‘the provinces’
Renu took the genre of reportage to new heights in Hindi literature. No one has been able to match him to date. In his very first reportage ‘Vidapat Naach’, he introduced readers to the glorious...
Sharad Yadav: So influential that his allies felt insecure
If Sharad Yadav could never get a firm foothold in the politics of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, it was because of Lalu Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav, who were not comfortable with his high stature....
Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari: The doctor who took to treating ills plaguing Indian society
It was at his initiative that in 1920, Jamia Millia Islamia came up in Delhi’s Okhla area. He was its lifelong patron. Thanks to his farsightedness and understanding, Jamia, right from the outset, assailed all...
An eyewitness account of Ambedkar’s speech in the Constituent Assembly
‘When Babasaheb was speaking, the House was all ears. He received a standing ovation after the speech. The members thumped their desks and clapped to express their admiration. Jawaharlal Nehru shook hands with him. Other...
For Ambedkar, Mahad Satyagraha was the end of a road and the beginning of a new one
The burning of the Manusmriti on 25 December 1927 during the Mahad Satyagraha marked the end of Ambedkar’s...
Phule, Ambedkar and the Bahujan movement
The theory of reservations propounded by Phule was revolutionary. The present reservations regime, based on the Constitution, is...
Striking similarities between Marxism and Phuleism
Marx said that the worst victim of the exploitative class system – the worker – would fight to...
Rajesh Paswan: Criticism within Dalit Literature is still in its infancy
Our Dalit writers don’t take criticism well. They begin enquiring about the caste and ideology of the critic....
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