Round Table India brings together perspectives from Dalit and Bahujan communities.
India’s Unfinished Independence
We Are Not Your Little Anything: On the Portrayal of Mizoram and the Ethics of Being Seen
Round Table India brings together perspectives from Dalit and Bahujan communities.
A Decade Later…
Round Table India brings together perspectives from Dalit and Bahujan communities.
Ambedkar & AI: Mahad to Metaverse
Dr Jas Simran Kehal Not long ago, British historian Perry Anderson said that “To read Ambedkar is to enter a different world.” Now, when the whole world enters a different era – an era of Artificial Intelligence – does the century-old philosophy of Ambedkar carry forward its appeal in the era of Metaverse? Or will …
Left’s Appropriation and the Failings of the Dalit Intelligentsia
Anshul Kumar JNU is at a crossroads once again in the realm of student politics. This time, the JNU community is up against its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, for her remarks in a podcast where she said that Dalits, much like Blacks, are drugged into permanent victimhood. This was in light of the …
Entitlement in Shamshana Ghat
Deepika Meena During the rural immersion program organized by my institute, I participated in a two-day field visit to two districts in Rajasthan, Jhunjhunu, my hometown, and the neighbouring district of Sikar. Although the visit was brief, it offered me a valuable opportunity to view my own district through a new lens and to unlearn …
Guru Teg Bahadur and the Hindu-Rashtra
Dr JasSimran Kehal The Right to freedom of religion was implemented in India in 1950. Articles 25-28 of the Indian Constitution provide the right to freely profess, practice, and propagate one’s religion. They prohibit the state from using public funds to promote any particular religion and prevent religious instruction in state-funded educational institutions. Globally, Article …
Emancipation in Action: The Marathwada Continuum
Pradnya Jadhav This reflection is shaped by my conversations with long-time movement workers, activists, and community members. It has been written not as an account of someone learning from a living Ambedkarite lineage, that is not an abstract idea from people who have carried forward the labour, dignity, and moral courage that define what social justice is. …
The Attack on Chief Justice of India is an Attack on all of us
Vikas Porika The Supreme Court, as the apex judicial body in India, is the ultimate guardian of every citizen’s constitutional rights. It is the final arbiter of the Constitution and delivers judgments on all types of cases. The Court, comprising the Chief Justice of India and 33 other judges, functions effectively and guides the nation’s …