Our Heroes
Shabbir Ahmed Ansari: Harbinger of Pasmanda consciousness
Shabbir Ahmed Ansari’s life shows that social reform is not only about sloganeering. It is also about making use of constitutional and legal provisions at our disposal. It was due to his efforts that reservations...
Phule’s Sarvajanik Satyadharma in times of religious hatred
What is surprising is that references to how Phule saw Islam and Christianity are totally missing from the discourse even as communalism in general and hatred against the Muslims in particular is used to nullify...
Discovering Babasaheb’s lost speeches in the West
At the time of the Round Table Conferences, Dr Ambedkar had become a sought-after speaker in the UK, the US and Canada, as a speech and local newspaper pages dug up from various archives by...
Jotirao Phule’s ideology and literature
Phule challenged the traditional concept of literature. For him, literature was not only about aesthetics. It was a tool for ushering in social justice. This was in sharp contrast with the then prevalent notion that...
How Kanshi Ram’s slogans became the gospel for the masses
It is time we revived these slogans in our political spheres, in our social spaces and university corridors...
Discovering young Ambedkar’s Indo-US trade petition
‘We, the representatives of India and members of the Indian Society for the Promotion of Commerce, request to...
Beyond Sacrifice: Reflections on the multifaceted life of Ramai
Was Ramabai just a dutiful housewife of Babasaheb, or was she an active co-emancipator who, like Babasaheb, envisioned...
Dr Ambedkar’s interactions with Indian scientists of his era
In my limited research, I found documented evidence of at least four leading Indian scientists who had interactions...
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