Jul 11, 2020 | books
The Buddha and His Dhamma, a treatise on Buddha’s life and Buddhism, was the last work of Indian statesman and scholar B. R. Ambedkar. It was first published in 1957 after Ambedkar’s death on 6 December 1956. According to Christopher...
Jul 11, 2020 | books
In this master essay, Bodhisattva Dr. B. R. Ambedkar criticized the Hindu religion, its caste system and its religious texts which are male dominant and spreading hatred and suppression of female interests. He argued that inter-caste dining and inter-caste marriage is...
Feb 1, 2020 | books
By raising a conceptual debate on ‘New Social Movements’, Pathania examines contemporary student resistance and analyses protest methods, strategies, networks, and the role of various caste, sub-caste groups, and civil society organizations in the struggle for social...
Feb 1, 2020 | books
‘[In our childhood] all of us, the Dalitbahujans of India never heard the word ‘Hindu’ — not as a word, nor as the name of a culture, nor as the name of the religion.’ This is one of the provocative statements from the author who...
Feb 1, 2020 | books
In this explosive book, Suraj Yengde, a first-generation Dalit scholar educated across continents, challenges deep-seated beliefs about caste and unpacks its many layers. He describes his gut-wrenching experiences of growing up in a Dalit basti, the multiple...
