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Jan 6, 20174 min read
(Al Jazeera) Bengaluru attacks: Misogyny by night and day
The mass molestation of women in Bengaluru during the midnight celebrations at New Year brings to mind the similar outrageous incident...
Mar 2, 20167 min read
(Newsweek Middle East) To Create A Nation
The suicide of Dalit research scholar and student leader, Rohith Vemula, on January 17 marked a watershed moment in the anti-caste...
Jan 19, 20165 min read
(The Hindu, op-ed) Rohith Vemula left us with only his words
The suicide of a Dalit student is not just an individual exit strategy, it is a shaming of society that has failed him or her. Rohith...
May 22, 20156 min read
(The Wire/Book foreword: On Ali Cobby Eckermann's memoir)
Entering the world of Ali Cobby Eckermann’s Too Afraid to Cry is like embarking on a journey of distilled pain where I had to constantly...
Jun 6, 20144 min read
(India Today) Hurtling Towards A Rape Nation
The Badaun and Bhagana gang rapes of minor Dalit girls come to us as stark reminders of not only the horror expected where sexual...
Jan 25, 20143 min read
(Tehelka) A Panther in Life: An Obituary for Namdeo Dhasal
“Death is that stone inscription of which the thinker is always afraid.” Namdeo Dhasal, Ode to Dr. Ambedkar, translated by Dilip Chitre...
Dec 12, 20132 min read
(Asian Age) Judiciary and Institutionalized Homophobia
In upholding the constitutionality of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, the Supreme Court of India has not only taken our society...
Jan 14, 20136 min read
(Outlook) How do we break the Indian Penile Code
The endless discourses of the elite point fingers everywhere: except at the real cause, which is the cultural sanction of rape in India....
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