The quest for Vedic civilisation is a dream project of the caste-Hindus in India directed by the syndrome of Brahmanical cultural nationalism and the homogeneity of tradition.
About The Author
Y. S. Alone is a professor at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
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The recent SC judgement on sub-categorisation is against the constitutional mandate
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The practice of untouchability and the heinous crimes that are committed in the form of brute killings, rapes, and public beatings are still in practice. How about a space that depicts all of this?
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As people get disproportionately targeted for eating beef based on caste and class, it is important to understand the blurred history of beef-eating in India.
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For Y. S. Alone, the idea of Shiva as the God of Dalits and Adivasis is a misnomer, as they neither have any special spaces of worship nor are they part of Hindu rituals
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The decline and fall of Mayawati is also the end of a Dalit dream. Does she have it in her to rebuild the movement and the party?
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