In an interview, documentary filmmaker Somnath Waghmare speaks about how he uses the medium as a visual tool to understand society and its relationship with politics.
Tag: annihilation of caste
Reducing Dalits to Mere Beneficiaries: The Neo-Brahmanism of the Sangh Parivar in Karnataka
The Sangh parivar's response to the Karnataka BJP accepting the Justice Das Committee's recommendations to increase reservation for SCs and STs betrays the contradictions between the saffron party's ideology …
Revisiting the Wrongs of Bahujan Politics
There is an urgent need to revive Dr. Ambedkar’s Republican ideology to save our socialist secular democracy.
Konaseema? Kiski Seema? On the National Stature of Ambedkar
No matter how deeply intellectual and globally influential Ambedkar is, the upper-caste mindset would never miss an opportunity to reduce Ambedkar as a mere representative of the Dalit struggle.
The Color of My Blood
The poet writes about caste discrimination.
Book Review: Gloves and Gumboots Don’t Help, Manual Scavenging Has to Go
Years after publication, Bhasha Singh's 'Unseen' remains the go-to account for a look into how pervasive and cruel this casteist practice is in India.
There is Caste in the Hathras Gangrape, You Just Refuse to See It
The attempt at the erasure of the caste identity of the victim shows that we, as a society, still refuse to stand up and say that Dalit lives matter.
Essential Reading: Lessons for a Savarna From Ambedkar’s ‘Annihilation of Caste’
The understanding that even today an individual’s worth is ascertained by his caste is what serves as a punch to the gut.
How I Battled Casteism At NALSAR, Hyderabad
I wish my legal alma mater listens and eradicates its ego that fears Dalit student voices. It needs to walk the talk.
Young Adults Have Every Right to Celebrate Love, Let Them: Jignesh Mevani
'Our youngsters are at liberty – and constitutionally protected – to do whatever they want as long as they are not in conflict with the law of the land'.