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Maharashtra’s Dhamma Melava on Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din: Faith, Service and Assertion from Below
Making sense of the Dhamma Melava requires looking beyond religious gathering and historical commemoration. It is a space where faith becomes collective action, community service becomes civic responsibility, and Ambedkar’s memory becomes a basis for questioning political authority and demanding social equality.
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Rethinking Flood Resilience in the Brahmaputra–Barak Valley: The Assam Flood Paradox
Assam’s floods are a natural phenomenon, but the scale of their devastation is shaped by human decisions. Embankments and emergency relief alone cannot resolve a crisis rooted in ecological degradation, infrastructure weaknesses, and gaps in governance.
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Hansla’s Last Breath: Marginalised by History, Choked by Pollution
Hansla is remembered locally as a river, recorded officially as a seasonal choe or drain, and measured in studies of pollution.
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One Dussehra, Different Worlds: Between Caste and Regions in Odisha
While urban-based Brahmin and other forward-caste communities predominantly celebrate Durga Puja through Brahminical rituals, many rural Dalit-Adivasi communities worship a plurality of local deities through indigenous traditions with elements of Vajrayana Buddhism.
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Unmapped Inequality: Questions about the Public Value of Census 2027
Counting people fulfils only part of the task. The evidence must also allow them to assess the conditions the count describes.
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Vote Chori and Police Raj: The Danger to Indian Democracy
A democracy is weakened not only when citizens’ votes have been stolen, but also when their concerns remain unanswered, and their right to protest is suppressed.
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Saree, Bare Feet and the Run of a Mother: Kabita Mahato’s Pursuit of Dignity
Kabita’s run is not merely a race for a government job—it is a race toward security, dignity, and a better future for her family–that needs courage, determination, and the ability to overcome the social odds.
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When the Himalayan Nomadic Move, Children’s Learning Must Also Continue
Seasonal schools for Gujjar–Bakarwal children need closer links with regular schools so that learning continues throughout the year.
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FCRA Amendment Bill 2026: Is the Social Sector a Soft Target for Rights Based Work?
FCRA Act 2026 is not an evidence-based policy decision but a prejudice against social sector actors for right based social work. If the objective is to regularise the contribution/ donation, why only social sector contributions and not political contributions?
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Manipur’s Ethnic & Politico-Administrative Faultlines: Why Did the Struggle for the State Become a Fight Between Communities?
Manipur violence is more intriguing as well as mysterious why and how the decade-long fight for separate Manipur and the demand for repealing AFSPA suddenly turned the tide towards an internal fight within the communities, and that too with the heavy presence of military and paramilitary forces?
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India’s Heat Responses Need More Than Warnings
On precautionary measures for sunstroke and death, warnings matter only when people can act on them. A worker needs protection without sacrificing wages, while a hospital needs the capacity to cool and treat patients rapidly.
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Independent Election Commission, Universal Adult Franchise and Right to be included in Electoral Rolls: Three Fundamental Ideas of Dr BR Ambedkar
At a time when the credibility of the Election Commission of India (ECI) is under growing scrutiny, revisiting B. R. Ambedkar’s ideas of independent Election Commission, universal adult franchise and electoral rolls is the need of the hour.
