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History and Movements

Anti-caste history and the movements that carried it forward.

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October 6, 2018
History and Movements
What Periyar means to Silicon Valley?
Periyar E. V. Ramasamy built the Self-Respect Movement against brahmanical hegemony in South India. This piece asks what his rationalism demands of the Indian diaspora working in Silicon Valley today.
- By Ambedkar King Study Circle
- Periyar
- Caste discrimination
- Workplace
- History
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January 6, 2018
History and Movements
Bhima Koregaon and some lessons to be learnt from Dr. Ambedkar's The Untouchables and Pax Britannica
Dalits gathering for the bicentenary of the 1818 battle of Bhima Koregaon were attacked. Reading Dr. Ambedkar's The Untouchables and Pax Britannica alongside the violence shows how little the terms of the argument have moved.
- By Ambedkar King Study Circle
- History
- Dr. Ambedkar
- Caste discrimination
- Hindutva
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