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By Poulasta Chakraborthy On Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014
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Hindustan Times’ Incomplete Report on the RSS

On 22 September 2014, this report from Hindustan Times speaks of the RSS’s new found agenda of absorbing Dalits into the larger Hindu fold by rewriting history. The report goes on to mention how following the More...

By Poulasta Chakraborthy On Friday, September 12th, 2014
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Mahatma Ayyankali—A brief profile

On 8 September 2014, a historic moment was witnessed as for the first time, the celebrations of Dalit icon Mahatma Ayyankali’s birth anniversary was attended by the Prime Minister of India.Mahatma Ayyankali was More...

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By Sankrant Sanu On Saturday, June 7th, 2014
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The secular rapes of Badaun

There is a danger in turning incidental criminal acts into grand narratives about society. The New York Times made this point in cautioning against creating broad narratives of society based on the misogynistic More...