Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) launched the ‘People’s War’ from 1996 to 2006. The 10-year long insurgency in Nepal claimed over 13, 000 lives, and left over 1, 300 missing. As the Maoists professed th…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. Indian films, both mainstream Bollywood (Hindi cinema) and regional films have captured issues related to caste, class and gender disparities, and have enabled directors/producers to experiment with techniqu…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. Iyothee Thass (1845–1914), a forgotten Dalit activist, has become part of serious academic discussions in the recent times. Various studies had been carried out, such as I. Thass as a Dalit journalist; I. Th…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. The primary data were collected from 927 Dalit woman labour households belonging to all the three geographical regions of Punjab (India) to analyse the asset structure of these households. The study revealed…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. This article attempts to read and analyse the aaradhivani of Kachchh in terms of caste and gender. The first section explores the genre and looks into the narrative style of Rekhiyo Jugajug Aage Aarth, a per…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. Social democracy demands existence of freedom, equality, justice and solidarity among masses. Doyens like John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau and Karl Marx decrypted the social inequalities that deprived peopl…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. Adivasis have always lived in symbiosis with the forest for generations. In the recent two decades, it has been realized that it is only through the process of democratic decentralization sustainable develop…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. Every thread of caste and occupation in India is intrinsically linked to the migration patterns. Migration of the upper caste is more of an economic, while the lower castes are both social and economic. Diff…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. Though popular culture is celebrated among people across the country, the admiration for folklore and performing arts is very limited. In the domain of folklore, performing art forms are categorized and stra…
Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Ahead of Print. Ozhivudivasathe Kali is a 2003 Malayalam short story written by Unni R. which shot into limelight with the release of the Kerala State Award winning film with the same title by Sanal K. Sasidharan. As the ti…