Growing up in rural Tamil Nadu in the 1980s, I recall how occasional visits to nearby towns left a lasting visual impression—statues and images of leaders shown with a pen in their pocket, a book in hand, or engaged in reading and writing.
About The Author
S. Gunasekaran is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
A unique hostel project in Tamil Nadu has brought together students from diverse caste and class backgrounds to live under one roof, share meals and sleeping spaces to promote a new model of social justice.
The evolution from devotional egalitarianism to social justice
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