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09/07/2025

~While casteist notions of ‘purity’, ‘worth’, and contempt were often felt in orthodox Telugu spaces, the respectful, humorous exchange and human acknowledgment of daily Dakhni provided relief. When I compare this to the Haryanvi language I encountered later in Delhi, it was marked by the daily denial of human acknowledgement, and daily reminders of ‘aukaat’ (or one’s place). The language here is more than a tool for communication. It is a social institution that disciplines feelings, social standing, and acknowledgment.~Subham Malpani

Subham Malpani Growing up speaking Dakhni in Hyderabad, I often felt that the language did not reinforce the same moral hierarchies as the orthodox Telugu society. Dakhni carried playfulness, respect, and was deeply human in everyday exchanges. This is not to be confused with the sanitized Ganga-Jam...

04/07/2025

~The poorest in India are often also the most marginalised Dalits, Adivasis, landless labourers, women-headed households, and the disabled. According to the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), India has made strides in reducing poverty in absolute numbers, yet the depth of deprivation remains high. The burden of poverty is disproportionately borne by women, who often face the double burden of unpaid domestic labour and low-paid informal work. Migrant labourers, especially after the COVID lockdown, were pushed to the brink of starvation and destitution, revealing the fragility of India’s economic safety net. Urban slums and rural hamlets alike are marked by a lack of sanitation, healthcare, secure livelihoods, and educational opportunities.~Ashutosh Arke

Ashutosh Arke India’s silent walls stand not as mere metaphors but as fortified ramparts of the Brahmanical order—walls built on centuries of caste tyranny, gender subjugation, and class exploitation. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar taught us that “education is the only tool by which you can dismantle the p...

28/06/2025

~Once I knew the name of our caste and Googled it, I found out about its history. When I asked my father if he knew that the Mahisyas were called Chasi Kaibartas, he said he didn’t. My grandmother was born sometime around the 1930s. How did a caste go from being categorized as a Depressed Class in 1921 to renaming and rebranding themselves as general caste Hindus in 2024? How does one teach entire generations to change their caste name and see themselves as not being lower in the caste hierarchy? One way was through women. Snippets of this can be seen in a journal called Mahishya Mahila, which began in 1911 under the editorship of a Mahishya woman, Krishnabhabini Biswas.~Debasmita Das

Debasmita Das “Your father’s family is Mahishya, which means those born of a Kshatriya father and a Vaishya mother.” My mother lowered her voice and continued, “But rumor is they are Shudras. They are agrarian essentially, that’s why many in the family aren’t that well-off.” This was a...

26/06/2025

~The controversy surrounding Vedan, who emerged from the Dalit community and became a popular star in a short period with his language and imagination that go against conservative values, is believed to be the reason behind the controversies that have engulfed him. In the initial days of Vedan’s arrest, many progressive thinkers in Kerala sided with the elites. This is because Vedan, who generally expresses Ambedkar’s social ideas through platforms, is viewed through the lens of fundamentalist ideology. However, when Hindutva and Sanatana activists came forward against Vedan, the discourse took on another form, that of Hindutva cultural purism.~ KK Baburaj

KK Baburaj ‘What do I gain If I remain humble No one in the world Cares for silence No one benefits a thing From the burden of shame of one’s deeds I spoke to the lord Fearlessly, daring, on the face And came his reply. Thuka(ram) says When you speak to the power Speak unwaveringly’ …

17/06/2025

~The story of one young man from the Ganda community illustrates the heartbreaking consequences of these divisions. After nurturing a relationship for over six years with a woman from the Ghasi community, considered “lower” in the internal hierarchy, the couple decided to get married. When they informed their families, they encountered fierce resistance.

The young man’s parents explained their painful dilemma: “We might accept you, but our community and pada (colony) will never accept this union. They will discriminate against us too, cutting off all relationships and communication. We will be ostracised.”~Charan Mahananda

Charam Mahananda Based on the author’s experience, this article describes what happens when caste discrimination occurs within Scheduled Caste families in the Ganda and Ghasi communities. There are social ranks, and as a consequence, some people are shut out, and their burial is postponed; special...

13/06/2025

~Despite its anti-caste roots, Buddhism in India has often been redesigned by dominant caste groups as a “spiritual heritage” rather than a political revolt. Brahmanic takeover of Buddhist sites often results in their Brahminization, turning counter-culture into depoliticized religious spaces. ~Jatin Mathur

Jatin Mathur Since February 2025, Buddhist monks have been protesting, seeking to reclaim control of Mahabodhi. In 1892, an archaeological survey by Alexander Cunningham confirmed that Mahabodhi was originally a Buddhist site. Hence, this has led to a persistent demand through the Mahabodhi Liberati...

06/06/2025

~Since 2020, the present BJP government has been aggressive about pushing the refugees back from the country and labelling them as “threats to internal security” and “illegal immigrants”. Sometime back, India also reportedly pushed back 50 Rohingya people from Assam to Bangladesh on foot. ~Balaka Chattaraj

Balaka Chattaraj India has been the home for refugees from diverse communities from different parts of the world. In 2017, many Rohingya people fled the brutal oppression inflicted upon them by the extremist authority in Myanmar. Around 70,000 of them settled in Bangladesh, according to a UNHCR repo...

04/06/2025

~The periodic labour force survey 2021-2022 shows that more than one-third of casual labour belongs to SCs, more than three-fourths of sanitation workers are SCs; they have a disproportionately higher share in low- paying jobs but a meagre share in professional businesses and higher paying white- collar jobs except public sector (PLFS 2021-22).

According to the Anti-Slavery International report, approximately 90% of bonded labourers in India belong to Scheduled Castes and minority communities. Structural economic disadvantages and limited access to resources significantly increase the reliance of Dalits on wage labour. Faced with extreme poverty, many Dalits are compelled to take out loans, with their labour often being the only collateral they can offer. These conditions, coupled with entrenched systems of social exclusion, frequently push Dalits into situations of bonded labour.~Ashutosh Arke

Ashutosh Arke “Slavery is a denial of human rights. Caste is also a form of slavery which denies people their fundamental rights.” – Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. Caste-based labour exploitation in India is increasingly being equated with modern slavery due to the persistent, hereditary, and coercive...

01/06/2025

~Both were ladders—but not the kind with equal steps.

These weren’t ladders you climbed.

These were ladders built into walls of palaces—already out of reach.

The bottom wasn’t a beginning—it was a sentence.~ Vishal Parmar

Vishal Parmar There are countries that wear crowns, and others that wear commandments. Some rule with flags. Others with silence. The symbols change—the sound of the anthem, the color of the cloth—but the language of power rarely learns a new tongue. It only adjusts its accent. It always knows h...

29/05/2025

~For decades now, there’s been an insidious campaign—not always declared, but always felt—to slowly erase the languages, traditions, and identities of indigenous and non-Assamese communities in Assam. You will hear them speak of “assimilation” and “integration,” as if culture is a math equation, and we are just variables waiting to be solved. But what they really mean is absorption. What they really want is submission. And if you resist, they do not argue—they intimidate.~Kangsa Manlong

Kangsa Manlong There’s a pain that doesn’t just live inside your bones—it lives in your tongue, in your name, in the way you look at your land and no longer recognize it. I write this with the full weight of that pain. Not just mine, but of so many who have been silenced, mocked, erased—not ...

28/05/2025

~A critical challenge in AI-based education is the lack of adequate digital infrastructure in rural and economically disadvantaged areas. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), as of 2024, internet pe*******on in rural India remains below 40%, significantly lower than in urban areas. Without high-speed internet and reliable electricity, students from these regions struggle to access AI-driven educational tools. This infrastructural gap exacerbates educational inequalities and limits students’ ability to use AI-enhanced learning platforms.~ Dr. Md Tabrez Alam & Dr Md Afroz

Dr. Md Tabrez Alam & Dr Md Afroz Introduction: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the education sector, offering new opportunities for accessibility, personalized learning, and administrative efficiency. However, for marginalized students, AI presents both advantages and challenges. While AI-...

27/05/2025

~Moving to the US, I have further segregated myself in the caste order. I mostly stay away, but one senses distilled Brahmin-energy from afar, that repulsive flinch of ‘purity’ when a homeless person enters their personal space on a bus, or a sidewalk. “Looking for pure veg roommates”. Though there’s hardly a need to segregate within the savarna communities abroad, segregational instincts persist. This idea of otherness is deeply and intricately woven into our individual conceptions of the social.

One notices subtle cues as people make subconscious decisions about belonging in cities they’ve barely oriented themselves to. A young Ashraf friend casually ruled out neighborhoods in Philadelphia as “kallu” (Hindi derogatory term for Black people), advising me to leave “critical race studies” in the classroom. ~Subham Malpani

Subham Malpani Away from South Asia, I have had the privilege of reflecting from afar on the everyday banality that sustains caste, from my savarna location. The Cracked Mirror by Guru and Sundar Sarukkai has offered a language to think through the unknown, repressed violence I had internalized. Thi...

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