For An Informed Ambedkar Age
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, …
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 …
Rohan Arthur And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. – Matthew 19:24 Religion is for man and not man for religion – Babasaheb Dr. Ambedkar They say that an …
Rohan Arthur Hindustani vocalist Kishori Amonkar passed away on 3rd April, 2017. Kishori Amonkar is remembered for her contribution to Hindustani classical music, and her passing was mourned in popular news media as a great loss to the music community. This article is not about the musicality and vocal abilities of Kishori: there are …