For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Samaan Shekhar Dr Ambedkar inherited the legacy of social movements from Jotiba Phule, who pioneered them in modern India. Here, we are referring to social movements that seek to achieve equality, liberty, and justice. For the sake of convenience and brevity, let us call these movements “movements for social equality.” Dr Ambedkar remains the most …
Buddhapal Dumane, Bhavna Shahare In India, people prefer private preschools over government-run anganwadis. This reflects divides based on caste, gender, income, and culture. The shift to English-medium options, which are often unaffordable for low-income families, perpetuates inequalities. The ASER 2023 report indicates that private setups achieve better learning outcomes despite gaps in foundational skills. This …
Dhruv Kumar The well-known adage, “You can kill a person, but you cannot kill his thoughts,” has transformed in contemporary times. Today, ideas can be rendered ineffective not only through suppression but also by distorting them or preventing their dissemination to the public. This phenomenon is particularly evident in the case of Dr. B. R. …
Umar Nizarudeen The cyclical temporality of Indo-Iranian notions of metempsychosis lends itself to speculative fiction. The work of the Iranian thinker Reza Negarestani is interesting for its melding of petro-fiction with carbon lifecycles. The convoluted movement of energy and life in `Cyclonopedia’ cursorily lingers on theory. This visceral yet short excursus allows us an insight …
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 …