Society & Culture
Do Indian Muslim women need saving? A sociological reading of Banu Mushtaq’s ‘Heart Lamp’
Instead of a sweeping portrayal of Muslim women as helpless and objectified, the author rallies defiant, formidable women characters who challenge the injustice and assert their agency, writes Mubashir Vattaparamban
The Dalitbahujan’s astute engagement with the British to democratize education
An orientalist narrative that is often peddled is that a section of the Dalits could get educated because of the policies of the colonial government and the initiatives of the missionaries, with Dalits portrayed as...
What exactly are the National Film Awards honouring?
When the State does honour a film, it sends a message. This year, that message is mixed: one step forward with 'Aatmapamphlet', two steps backward with 'The Kerala Story', writes Neeraj Bunkar
A peek at the report of the Mungeri Lal Commission
‘Despite these instructions regarding reservations being in force for more than 24 years, the representation of the SCs and STs in these departments and offices of the state government is grossly unsatisfactory.’ Excerpts from the...
‘Dhadak 2’: A shift in popular Hindi cinema’s treatment of caste
‘Dhadak 2’ signals a welcome change. Producer Karan Johar and the Hindi film industry have been forced to...
How Bengali scholars critiqued Ram Rajya
According to Dinesh Chandra Sen, the spotless character in ‘Ramayana’ was Bharat. During his rule, the revenue of...
When I attended a liberal Savarna’s poetry reading
Having read Om Prakash Valmiki and Suraj Pal Chauhan’s works and identified with the worlds they inhabited, and...
Many Ramayanas
Historical, anthropological and literary research on the Ramayana reveal that remarkable variations exist and that Adivasis and women...
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