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Performative Caste-Hindus and Non-Assertive Dalits in Progressive Spaces

Ajinkya Sanjay Khandizod I began thinking seriously about the idea of persona not in a classroom or through theory, but by watching how caste operates when power is supposed to change hands. Reservation is often presented as a technical policy or a constitutional safeguard, but in reality, it exposes the deepest anxieties of caste-Hindu society. …

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Economic Growth And Caste in India: A Dichotomy

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 …

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Failing at Capitalism: Unmasking the Indian Tech Elite’s Feudal Obsession

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, …

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135 Years On, His Light Still Guides: Remembering Mahatma Jyotiba Phule

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 …

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Beyond Sympathy, Towards Citizenship: A Pasmanda Reckoning on Art, Survival, and Mental Well-being

Istikhar Ali The #JusticeMakers Mela at the Rajasthan International Centre in Jaipur, held on 6 December 2025, unfolded on a date that remains a raw wound in India’s political memory. It is a day when two sharply contrasting histories converge: the Mahaparinirvan Diwas of Dr B.R. Ambedkar—the architect of constitutional democracy—and the anniversary of the …

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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 …

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Operation Kagar and Internal Fault Lines: The Caste Question in the Decline of CPI(Maoist)

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Dr B Karthik Navayan The Communist Party of India (Maoist) has always presented itself as the fiercest enemy of caste oppression. Its programme promises to annihilate caste through a protracted people’s war. Yet, as Operation Kagar (launched 21 April 2025) races toward the March 2026 deadline to wipe out Left-Wing Extremism, the party is collapsing …

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Odisha’s Guest Faculty Crisis: The Silent Collapse of Educational Justice

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, …

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Aestheticising Humiliation: The Savarna Gaze and the Politics of Sexual Slurs

Akanksha Shahi The recent controversy on Instagram, initiated by influencer Divija Bhasin, revolves around the hashtag “#ProudRandi,” which has polarised viewers into two different categories. In her video, Divija Bhasin shares her experiences, explaining that due to her bold nature and her willingness to raise her voice against various issues, some people have commented on …