Current Affairs
Deconstructing ‘power’ in today’s India
How have Brahmanism and Hindu nationalism become synonymous with power? Aniket Gautam seeks answers in the insights of B.R. Ambedkar, Steven Lukes and Louis Althusser
G. Karunanidhi: Tamil Nadu knows from experience that Scheduled Caste subquotas further social justice
‘Because of the three per cent reservation for Arunthathiyars [through subcategorization of SCs], 82 candidates from the caste got seats in medical colleges prior to NEET being introduced. Earlier, Arunthathiyars couldn’t even imagine clearing 12th...
Prof Shyamlal: Subcategorization of SCs doesn’t go against Ambedkarite ideology
‘If a section of society hasn’t been able to progress for some reason and if we are talking about helping them advance, then we are talking about our people. We are not talking about any...
When a bus cleaner referred to Jitan Ram Manjhi as the Musahar chief minister
Even a bus cleaner from supposedly the highest caste can publicly abuse the chief minister from a so-called low caste, writes Hemant Kumar, against the backdrop of a Supreme Court judgment on subdivision of the...
Prakash Ambedkar: Supreme Court got it wrong, State can’t subdivide Scheduled Castes quota
The Supreme Court judgment does not have a leg to stand on. It is just bluff and bluster....
Maratha reservation stir has been anti-Phule-Ambedkarite from birth: Part II
In 2013, on the eve of elections, then chief minister Prithviraj Chavan (a Maratha) constituted the ‘Rane Committee’....
Union Budget 2024-25: SC, ST, and OBC welfare not a priority
A major concern is the underutilization of the budgets allocated to the relevant ministries and departments. Year after...
Maratha reservation stir has been anti-Phule-Ambedkarite from birth: Part I
A very tragic incident took place in the year 2016. A Maratha girl was raped and murdered in...
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