Society & Culture
Sohrai: An Adivasi festival that celebrates oneness with nature and coexistence with cattle
‘Sohrai’ means ‘appreciating and caressing’. The festival is about caressing cattle, pampering them and expressing gratitude towards them; it is about the relationship between humans and cattle – in which cattle aren't tools but members...
A day at Ekwari – the village of Rameshwar Ahir, Ram Naresh Ram and Jagdish Master
Rameshwar Ahir’s son Bihari Yadav said that even after his father’s martyrdom, violence continued in the village. Feudal elements killed Rajendra Chaudhari, who was from the Gadaria caste. Two or three persons from feudal families...
Dasain festival: A dance performance to preserve a collective memory of grief is on the wane
Dasain is not merely a festival of the Santhals; it is a collective memory of the entire indigenous society. It encompasses history, culture and the philosophy of life. The festival teaches us that history is...
‘Homebound’: A rare attempt to zoom in on the suffering of the historically oppressed
Through this excellent adaptation of a real-life story by journalist Basharat Peer published in the New York Times, Neeraj Ghaywan and his team have made Ambedkar more visible on the big screen – not as...
Jharkhand child marriage crisis: Challenges and a glimmer of hope
Child marriage in Jharkhand is not a ‘tribal issue’ but a developmental crisis shaped by intersecting vulnerabilities. Tribal...
Santram BA, Ambedkar and Gandhi on ‘Annihilation of Caste’
Gandhi wanted to purge Hinduism of both untouchability and the caste system. Going a step further, Santram BA...
Indian Renaissance’s unease with education of women and Dalits
The author of 'Shiksha Ka Phal' was aware that losing the Shudras from the Hindu fold would not...
Dalit Journeys: Speaking beyond the ‘Subaltern’
The first volume of ‘Dalit Studies’ (2016) established the field, historicizing Dalit politics and thought while probing questions...
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