Rural Labour in a Caste Polity: Fighting Free to Become Unfree Again by Jan Breman (2023): A Review by Madhuri Xalxo
Jan Breman’s book Fighting Free to Become Unfree Again: The Social History of Bondage and Neo-Bondage of Labour in India,…
Mahasweta Devi’s ‘Breast Giver’: A Synopsis – Riddhi Chakraborty
Introduction The story ‘Breast Giver’ was written by Mahasweta Devi in 1987. In this story, the author talks about Jashoda,…
Mockery as Power: Aesthetics of Caste Discrimination in India – Ankur Kumar
The act of mocking someone or something is to laugh at someone in an unkind way. It is an act…
Caste Discrimination and Exclusion in Indian Universities: A Critical Reflection by N Sukumar (2023): A Review by Sonu Bagri
After Rohith Vemula’s suicide, Indian academia received enormous attention from scholars and policymakers, as a space not secluded but implicated…
Belonging, ‘Performance’ and Everyday Exclusion in IITs: A Critical Note on Student Suicides – Vidyasagar Sharma
The recent suicide case of Anil Kumar, a B.Tech student at IIT-Delhi, is the second incident of suicide after Ayush…
Caste and Partition in Bengal: The Story of Dalit Refugees, 1946-1961 by Shekhar Bandyopadhyay and Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury (2022): A Review by Rana Abhyendra Singh
Shekhar Bandyopadhyay and Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury’s Caste and Partition in Bengal: The Story of Dalit Refugees, 1946-1961 (published by…
Understanding Space and Experience in India Through Gopal Guru – E P Sarfras
‘Space’ is a term that has been variously understood throughout history by physicists, mathematicians, and social scientists. It has been…
Periyar: A Study in Political Atheism by Karthick Ram Manoharan (2022): A Review by Gayatri Balu
Karthick Ram Manoharan’s book Periyar: A Study in Political Atheism (published by Orient BlackSwan) in 2022 is a remarkable attempt…
Channar Revolt and the Contemporary Indian Context: Caste, Community and the Muslim Woman – Tahseen Fatima
The Channar Revolt that took place in the 19th century in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore reverberates even today.…
A Book Discussion on Periyar: A Study in Political Atheism
Karthick Ram Manoharan is a faculty at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. He was a Marie Curie…