It’s not just planetary crisis but the destruction of the individual too
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India’s Constitution is being scrutinised, its fundamental principles challenged, like never before. These books represent the two dominant, opposing stands.
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Gandhi and Ambedkar were antagonists on issues so key to who they were that bridging the divide remains impossible, writes Aakash Singh Rathore
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A quirky compendium of cartoons and the accompanying detailed commentary spark a bumpy ride to the past, and elicits doubts, thoughts and insights
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A controversial introduction to <em>Annihilation of Caste</em> reappears as a book. It reflects the elite Left’s opportunistic appropriation of Ambedkar.
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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.
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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.
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Like Ambedkar, Bagul rudely tears off the romantic veil from villages and depicts a ruthless system of exploitation, indignities and hopeless rebellion
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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
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