Podcast: Why BR Ambedkar thought – and worried – deeply about democracy in India

Dinyar Patel

· Sep 18, 2023 · 11:30 am

Two writers – in 1928 and in 2016 – wrote of the value of physical work, and its caste connotations

Chandan Gowda

· Sep 08, 2023 · 08:30 am

Readers’ comments: Students should quit premier institutes if they can’t cope with pressure

Scroll

· Sep 01, 2023 · 11:30 am

The caste of a chair

Johanna Deeksha

· Aug 23, 2023 · 06:30 am

This book examines how merchants enforced caste ideals in 18th century Marwar as markers of identity

Divya Cherian

· Aug 15, 2023 · 12:30 pm

Celebrating a poor man’s child landing a high-paying job reflects the deep inequality of education

Arun Kumar

· Aug 01, 2023 · 11:30 am

Trans people’s fight for their right to work

Nolina Minj

· Jul 19, 2023 · 06:30 am

Jotiba Phule’s vital anti-caste writings have been translated into English for the first time

Jotiba Phule Rohini Mokashi-Punekar

· Jul 14, 2023 · 08:30 am

For a breath of dignity: The ‘unfreedom’ of India’s caste-driven labour migration

Diksha Shriyan Arun Kumar

· Jul 10, 2023 · 06:30 am

‘This is our history. No one else will preserve it’: How Dalits are archiving caste history

Vidhi Doshi, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· Jun 29, 2023 · 07:30 pm

Zomato removes ad depicting Dalit character in ‘Lagaan’ as recycled waste items after backlash

Scroll Staff

· Jun 08, 2023 · 07:23 pm

‘In my novel, caste is the co-protagonist’: Ujjal Dosanjh, author of ‘The Past is Never Dead’

Sayari Debnath

· Jun 04, 2023 · 08:30 am

A Dalit scholar’s death and Brahmin dominance at India’s premier science institute

Johanna Deeksha

· May 24, 2023 · 06:30 am

A new novel depicts the indignities and stranglehold of caste over Sikhs immigrants in Britain

Ujjal Dosanjh

· May 11, 2023 · 05:30 pm

How ‘Depressed Classes’ legislator MC Rajah fought against untouchability in 1919

Manoj Mitta

· Apr 17, 2023 · 08:30 am

A new book offers a minimalist, contemporary reading of BR Ambedkar’s essay, ‘Annihilation of Caste’

Syed Sayeed

· Apr 16, 2023 · 08:30 am

Longlisted for the International Booker Prize, Perumal Murugan is best read for craft, not themes

Nandini Krishnan

· Apr 08, 2023 · 08:30 am

This new book examines TN Rajarattinam Pillai’s life and the role of caste in South Indian music

Terada Yoshitaka

· Apr 04, 2023 · 12:30 pm

‘Sindikka Chonnavar Periyar’: Singer TM Krishna turns Periyar’s work, beliefs into song

Scroll Staff

· Apr 01, 2023 · 11:07 am

Opinion: To truly democratise Indian art and culture, the ‘classical’ must be declared dead

Brahma Prakash

· Mar 19, 2023 · 09:00 am