Noel Didla Recently, I was asked to be a panelist at a policy conference. I seldom participate in conferences when invited because I’m a Dalit …
Salutations on Savitribai Phule’s Birthday
On her birthday, Savari salutes our fore-mother Savitribai Phule who inspires and guides us through her truth and wisdom. Remembering her, we are posting an excerpt …
Mang Maharachya Dukhvisayi (About the grief of the Mangs and the Mahars)
Mukta Salve (This article, originally published in 1855 has been reproduced here from the 2008 book A Forgotten Liberator: The Life and Struggle of Savitribai Phule) …
How Did We Get Here? (Part 1)
Caste and Gender dilemmas Sruthi Herbert (This article has been updated to add a paragraph). Last week, social media saw an outburst from a couple …
Bodies That Do Not Belong
Meenu The existing mainstream narratives about caste in Kerala either express shock and surprise at the continuing persistence of caste in India, or were mostly …
Woman and Community
Jenny Rowena (This article was first published in Malayalam in Madhyamam newspaper on June 4, 2015) Several discussions about gender these days are as much about communities …
Liberating Womanhood
Kunda. Pramilani (This article first appeared in CounterCurrents on 30 December, 2003) At half past four in the evening, on the 25th of December, 2003, …
Silenced by Manu and ‘Mainstream’ Feminism: Dalit-Bahujan women and their History
On Sharmila Rege’s First Death Anniversary, a Satyashodhak Review of her Last Book ((First published in ‘Miloon Sarya Jani‘, online Marathi magazine, in July 2014)) Lata …
Chithralekha ends her day-and-night strike after 122 days
Chithralekha ended her 122 days struggle in front of the Kannur Secretariat on Monday. This was after the Chief Minister assured her in writing that …