For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Dr. Suryaraju Mattimalla In distant streets of Europe, I walk- Through France’s gentle breeze, through Germany’s silent dawn, Belgium’s timeless whispers, the Netherlands’ vibrant hue, And in Australia’s sprawling skies, I see your face, Nagaland, shining through. Your spirit echoes in every cobblestone, in every bustling street, For in the heart of Western worlds, …
Vaibhav Kharat, Ganesh Pandit A House Full of Noise, Still Nobody Listened: A Reading of Maharashtra’s Monsoon Session 2025 It was raining outside here in Delhi. And inside the Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan, it was storming. But not the kind that brings change. Thunder roared, voices clashed, cameras blinked, and something essential was missing: ‘the people’. …
Umar Nizar The elitist literary journal `The Paris Review’ had something strange about its submission policy. Everything had to be sent by snail mail. There was no online portal for writers to log in, nor were they accepting e-mail correspondence. This often resulted in unfortunate occurrences, as when a budding poet would, in all innocence, …
Mayuree Bankar In India, food is never just nutrition. It is caste. It is a hierarchy. It is violence. And for Dalits, it has long been the most visible and visceral reminder of social exclusion. Historically, sections of Dalit communities in specific regions have not had the right to choose what to eat or how …
Vivek Kumar Singh, Manisha In response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Radhika Vemula and Abeda Salim Tadvi—the mothers of Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi, who both died by suicide following caste-based discrimination on university campuses—the University Grants Commission (UGC) has released the Draft Regulations 2025 for the ‘Promotion of Equity in Higher …
Lokesh Bag In a society where caste continues to shape access to knowledge, power, and dignity, any conversation about merit or excellence must begin by confronting the foundations on which our institutions stand. Caste is not merely a social identity; it is a structural faultline that distorts every idea of fairness, reason, and justice. As …
Pradnya Garud Touré F. Reed, professor of 20th-century US and African American History at Illinois State University, speaks with Round Table India on a wide range of topics related to US history and politics. In Part 3, he focuses on Black History in the USA. Pradnya: For a global audience, how should we understand black-led movements in the US? …
Rohan Arthur The Crude Fantasy In the imagination of the Hindu Rashtra, the Christian convert should not exist. Conversion is seen as a betrayal, a deviation from birthright, a wound on the body of the nation. In this worldview, the only acceptable path is return(ghar wapsi). If not return, then erasure. There is no place …
Umar Nizar The night listens, with its soft palette of shadows. Daylight colours gradually lose their glistening sheen. Life begins where death abates. Images lurk in the embers of memory. Shadows emerge. Gazes soften, seeking that solace, beloved of the weary. In the smithy of the heart, intensities cool down, settling into primordial life rhythms. …