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Research

Just Savarna Things…

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Pranav Jeevan P The survey results conducted by various institute bodies of IIT Bombay over the last one and a half years have been made public by the media. These results point to the atmosphere of blatant casteism and humiliation that Dalit Bahujan Adivasi (DBA) students must face on a day-to-day basis. Though the survey …

Policy

Interim Report is a Proclamation that Dalit Bahujan Adivasi Students Don’t Belong in IITs

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Pranav Jeevan P On 6th March, IIT Bombay administration released the interim report on the committee formed to “investigate the tragic incident that happened on February 12, 2023 involving Darshan Solanki.”. This report is the strongest testimony to the atmosphere of casteism that is prevalent in IIT Bombay as it reeks of the casteist attitude …

Policy

A tale of two Indias: The rich-poor divide widens

Manish Kumar Rao Keywords- Income Inequality, Rich, Poor, Oxfam’s Report, Tax, GST Oxfam’s recent report on economic inequality in India has highlighted the deepening of income disparities in the country during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report indicates that income inequality in India is not only persistent but has increased largely due to the pandemic, which …

Rights

‘Aapke ghar me to light jalti hai, hamara to dil jalta hai’: Toothless protection of Adivasi & Dalit coalworkers in Chhattisgarh

Ankush Uttam Helode Coal is one of the many natural minerals that are found in the state of Chhattisgarh. In 2021, Chhattisgarh alone produced 113 million metric tonnes of coal, or 20% of the nation’s total coal production. The majority of the coal produced comes from the land of Dalits and Adivasis, but because the …

Policy

In their own voice: The uphill struggle of Adivasis and Dalits for land rights in rural Gadchiroli

Ankush Uttam Helode History is replete with evidence of all social, economic, and state institutions exploiting Dalits and Adivasis every day. And this mental trauma is invisible to all those who are the reason behind it, but still, these brave communities are fighting against these operative criminal institutions. I personally have so many experiences of …

Rights

Playing the Savior: Hindutva and Muslim Women’s Rights

Bobby Kunhu “Patriarchy is a kind of shirk (or idolatry)… stemming from the Satanic notion of istikbar (thinking of oneself as better than another)….”                                – Amina Wadud, Inside the Gender Jihad: Women’s Reform in Islam Muslim communities, like every other theistic or atheistic social system, are hegemonic and patriarchal. But, in a virulently Muslimophobic world, …