Current Affairs
Odisha: Mob violence is not simply a law-and-order problem
The challenge before Odisha is not merely administrative but moral. Law and order or economic growth alone cannot sustain democracy. A republic survives because citizens internalize democratic values long before they encounter courts or police...
A classroom for those left behind
Educational spaces can often reproduce social hierarchies through uneven access to resources, linguistic barriers, and fear of being judged based on one’s background. Against this backdrop, PACPET offers an alternative through its distinctive pedagogy, writes...
Assam: Uniform Civil Code and Muslim women of the ‘Char’ areas
A combination of equal opportunities and fair legislation can help overcome the structural and geographical barriers that isolate Assam’s riverine Char communities from the mainstream. This should include easy access to education, healthcare, economic prospects,...
Why NDA governments have steered clear of annual Dr Ambedkar awards
Awards encourage. Do the holders of political power believe that those working for Dalits don’t need encouragement? Or do they want to blunt the edge of Dalit consciousness? They don’t want conscious and awakened people....
‘Main Vaapas Aaunga’: Resistance in remembrance
To ‘move on’ from caste history in the way the film urges us to remain faithful to Partition...
‘Raakh’ revisits a dastardly crime of the 1970s and a continuing everyday crime
Beyond revisiting the crime, the series ‘Raakh’ provides a powerful portrayal of Jayprakash Jatav (JP), a Dalit police...
Remembering Prof Imtiaz Ahmad: A scholar, teacher and humanist
Whenever I found myself struggling with an intellectual, emotional, or moral dilemma, he would ask me to quietly...
Beyond welfare and reservations: The unfinished business of social justice in Tamil Nadu
Ultimately, for a welfare-based system to withstand the volatile pressures of a digital attention economy, it must evolve...
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