Bahujan
Dalits ought to assert their humanity with the will to free their minds
The Dalits of Rajasthan participate in various Hindu religious processions and perform rituals in the hope of being recognized by their oppressors as equals. Despite Ambedkar’s efforts to encourage a shift of focus from the...
Finding Ambedkar’s signature – and Ambedkar’s pragmatism
In finding his signature, Ambedkar found a new vision of himself. In finding his signature, we can also find what he saw of value in John Dewey and his pragmatism
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...
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...
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...
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