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Rehnamol Raveendran
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Dalit votes without Dalit voices?
Political parties invariably engage with Dalit voters, since the community comes out in large numbers to vote. Normally, in elections, the voter turnout ranges from 50% to 75%, and Dalit voters throng the polling booths early in long queues, and make up to 25% to 40% of the votes polled respectively.
12 October 2024, 20:57 IST
Dalit votes without Dalit voices?
12 October 2024, 20:57 IST
Rhetoric And Reality | Political parties and the reservation gamble
Over the decades the Congress has changed its stand favourably towards reservation, while the BJP’s ambivalence continues
26 September 2024, 05:56 IST
Rhetoric And Reality | Political parties and the reservation gamble
26 September 2024, 05:56 IST
Sub-categorisation debate: Unanswered questions
With debates around the creamy layer principle coming to a head, what is the future of affirmative action in India?
17 August 2024, 20:15 IST
Sub-categorisation debate: Unanswered questions
17 August 2024, 20:15 IST
Saving Constitution is the 2024 mandate
The election results show that I.N.D.I.A. could significantly convert its campaign around saving the Constitution into votes and seats, especially in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan
04 June 2024, 14:50 IST
Saving Constitution is the 2024 mandate
04 June 2024, 14:50 IST
The legacy of Rohith Vemula’s sacrifice breathes life to campus movements
While Rohith Vemula’s death has given a fresh life to student movements, the government failed to do justice to him by closing criminal procedures against the accused
11 May 2024, 20:59 IST
The legacy of Rohith Vemula’s sacrifice breathes life to campus movements
11 May 2024, 20:59 IST
From Chamkila’s pop to Arivu’s rap, Dalit resistance gets wings through music
The ontology of Dalit life and movements has largely been explained and understood more easily in the musicals of vernacular language. One common thread that connects the music of anti-caste resistance and transcends the barriers of the language of different regions is the zeal to live a life with freedom with no bounds of caste.
27 April 2024, 22:00 IST
From Chamkila’s pop to Arivu’s rap, Dalit resistance gets wings through music
27 April 2024, 22:00 IST
Are Dalits homogenous or heterogenous?
The 1911 census operations under the British was the first attempt to try and understand the factor of untouchability to enumerate a separate category of castes.
19 February 2024, 20:03 IST
Are Dalits homogenous or heterogenous?
19 February 2024, 20:03 IST
Rising tide of atrocities against Dalits
Contrary to popular belief, the issues Dalits face cannot be addressed merely in electoral or political terms.
16 January 2024, 05:56 IST
Rising tide of atrocities against Dalits
16 January 2024, 05:56 IST
Pandora’s box, political conundrum: SC reservation split
How does the BJP’s stance on sub-categorisation among Dalit communities play into support for the party ahead of the 2024 elections?
18 November 2023, 20:56 IST
Pandora’s box, political conundrum: SC reservation split
18 November 2023, 20:56 IST
Caste data will recalibrate Bihar’s politics and social fabric
The elements of Mandal politics will combine with a Dravidian ideological framework in the times to come — this could even have a national impact.
04 October 2023, 05:21 IST
Caste data will recalibrate Bihar’s politics and social fabric
04 October 2023, 05:21 IST
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