By the time of the India independence movement, attempts to topple ... and there have been suicides attributed to the caste system’s effects. B.R. Ambedkar, an early critic of caste inequality ...

It is well known that B R Ambedkar had great respect for John Dewey ... There is a glaring lacuna in our stories about Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891–1956), the well-known intellectual, anti-caste ...

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar ... to dismantle the caste system that had plagued Indian society for centuries. One of his significant contributions was his leadership in the Dalit movement.

B.R. Ambedkar proposed the idea of ‘Annihilation of Caste’, but few substantial ... Even during the Mandal movement of the 1990s, discussions were limited to the merits and demerits of ...

Iconoclast' sets about busting myths, sounding warnings, and serving up sobering reflections that help anchor Ambedkar the man and the cult to a grounded context of criticality, introspection, and cal ...

Indian communist parties have often failed in weaving Indian identities into the language of left politics; Dalit or lower caste identities, gender-based identities, tribal identities are prominent ...

Rahul Gandhi and other Opposition leaders wore blue to Parliament to protest Amit Shah allegedly insulting Ambedkar. Why is blue associated with Babasaheb and Dalit politics?

A day after voting in the Delhi Assembly elections and exit polls gave the BJP an advantage over the AAP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Congress had nothing but hatred for ...

The six-member panel constituted to inquire into the vandalism of B.R. Ambedkar’s statue in Amritsar ... BJP’s Scheduled Caste Morcha national president Lal Singh Arya, former Union Minister ...