For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Prithiraj Borah In September 2023, Aditya Prakash, a fully funded PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of Colorado Boulder, was reheating palak paneer—a spinach and cheese curry—in a shared departmental microwave when a staff member approached him with a complaint about the ‘pungent smell’. The staff member instructed him to stop. Prakash’s calm response— …
Dr. Diksha R S What is suffering? Should it be endured, transcended, or even celebrated? This question has troubled the human mind across civilizations and centuries. Human beings have constantly sought to understand why suffering exists, what meaning it holds, and whether it can be overcome. Different philosophical traditions have offered radically different answers, reflecting …
Km Raksha This article investigates the enigma of India’s economic growth and the enduring caste-based inequalities. While India has experienced robust GDP growth since the 1991 economic reforms, caste continues to play a significant role in shaping access to resources, education, employment, and political power. Drawing on data from the NSSO, NFHS, NITI Aayog, and …
Rohan Arthur This piece makes a deliberate choice. It does not evaluate gig platforms on moral grounds. Questions of dignity, justice, and fairness are real, but they are not the object here. What follows is a narrower test: whether these platforms succeed or fail on capitalism’s own terms. The critique that follows is economic, institutional, …
Akhilesh Kumar Mahatma Jyotiba Phule was born on 11 April 1827 in Katgun village near Satara, Maharashtra, and left the world on 28 November 1890 in Pune at the age of 63. But in those 63 years, he transformed the moral imagination of an entire nation. His was not just a life lived; it was …
Tapan Kumar Sethi Odisha’s higher-educational system has entered a moral and political crisis, resulting in a persistent educational crisis. Behind the grand promises of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the reality of university and college campuses tells a story of hopelessness—one where guest faculty, the invisible lifeline of classrooms, struggle each day against poverty, …
Vishakha Daware India is a land of immense cultural diversity, where every region expresses its identity through unique languages, traditions, festivals, arts, and cuisines. The state of Maharashtra stands out for its vibrant folk heritage, particularly through Tamasha – a dynamic form of theatre that blends music, dance, and drama. Created to entertain rural audiences, …
Nabanita (Noya) “Is he not the same artist who sang Ya Ali?” I thought to myself, staring at the television set in nervous trepidation. It was just another day: performing our daily chores, doing homework, and listening to songs my father played on his DVD player. The daily dose of Rafi, Lata, Manna Dey, Mukesh, …
Preksha Nina Simone’s question, “How can you be an artist and not reflect the times?” remains powerfully resonant. The 2015 documentary, What Happened, Miss Simone, directed by Liz Garbus, captures the many facets of the singer and activist’s life (born Eunice Waymon). Using rare archival footage, interviews, and recordings, the 1-hour and 42-minute film traces the …