It’s not just planetary crisis but the destruction of the individual too
India’s Constitution is being scrutinised, its fundamental principles challenged, like never before. These books represent the two dominant, opposing stands.
BY Aakash Singh Rathore 12 February 2021
Gandhi and Ambedkar were antagonists on issues so key to who they were that bridging the divide remains impossible, writes Aakash Singh Rathore
BY Aakash Singh Rathore 27 September 2019
A quirky compendium of cartoons and the accompanying detailed commentary spark a bumpy ride to the past, and elicits doubts, thoughts and insights
BY Aakash Singh Rathore 23 August 2019
A controversial introduction to <em>Annihilation of Caste</em> reappears as a book. It reflects the elite Left’s opportunistic appropriation of Ambedkar.
BY Aakash Singh Rathore 14 June 2019
Ambedkar’s inherently radical sharpness was blunted by the state to co-opt Dalits. This book promises to be a whetstone but reneges on it.
BY Aakash Singh Rathore 7 June 2019
To break millennia-old oppression, violence is a useful tool, says Awad. His life’s fight for Dalit rights is a fight to install equality in their minds.
BY Aakash Singh Rathore 29 March 2019
Like Ambedkar, Bagul rudely tears off the romantic veil from villages and depicts a ruthless system of exploitation, indignities and hopeless rebellion
BY Aakash Singh Rathore 12 October 2018
Neo-liberal Hindutva, says Teltumbde in this brilliant book, should be met by reformed Ambedkarists and Marxists in a fight to destroy caste and class
BY Aakash Singh Rathore 27 July 2018
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