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Umar Khalid, the former JNU scholar who is now an activist fighting the hate-mongering ideology of the RSS and the BJP, believes that the Left has failed because it hasn’t engaged with the issue of caste 

A brochure distributed by the organizers of an ICHR-sponsored seminar on King Bhoj mentions a saying that insults Dalitbahujans

Atif Rabbani reviews the film. He commends Anubhav Sinha, the director of Article 15, for the raw depiction of social realities, while arguing that the deprived themselves will have to come forward to put an end to casteism and other societal sores

V. Geetha writes that Periyar held that annihilation of caste would necessitate ‘the abolition of God, Religion, Shastras and Brahmins’. He also attacked patriarchy and ‘Brahmin nationalism’ in pursuit of true human freedom

When Gandhism failed to address the evil of caste and squabbles within the RPI lay waste to Ambedkar’s legacy, a bunch of young Marathi writers turned to militant and politically astute activism. Abimanyu Kumar reviews ‘Dalit Panthers: An Authoritative History’

The party’s justification for only a passing reference to these categories is that it does not want to spread casteism. But is there more to it than meets the eye?

Nehru and Ambedkar differed on socialism. While Nehru talked of equal opportunities for all, for Ambedkar, equality between castes was an inalienable part of socialism

History bears witness to the fact that Dalit Literature had emerged in Maharashtra well before 1950. Built on an ideological foundation substantiated by Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Dalit Literature is today said to be posing a challenge to mainstream literature. How did Dalit Literature undergo this metamorphosis? J.V. Pawar, a co-founder of Dalit Panthers, has the answer

Golwalkar’s idea of a nation was the ‘virat purusha’ made up of the four varnas and Savarkar described the ruthless Peshwa (Brahmin) rule as one of the most glorious periods, writes Nagesh Chaudhari