Suraj Yengde

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Literary Review

‘Renaissance State: The Unwritten Story of the Making of Maharashtra’ review: The many versions of Maharashtra

‘I Could Not Be Hindu: The Story of a Dalit in the RSS’ review: The scourge of casteism

Kanshiram’s legacy of Dalit empowerment left adrift

‘Spotted Goddesses – Dalit Women’s Agency-Narratives on Caste and Gender Violence’ review: Streaming Dalit consciousness

NEW DELHI, 06/02/2015: Statue of BR Ambedkar in the premises of Vidhan Sabha at civil lines in New Delhi on February 06, 2015.
Photo: Meeta Ahlawat

Relying on the Constitution is not enough

‘Shankar’s Weekly’, 11 December 1949; by Shankar. The image of Ambedkar is strikingly similar to photos of Hitler with his ‘favourite girl’, a famous propaganda image. The Hindu Code Bill is depicted as Ambedkar’s ‘favourite little girl’. The depiction of women crushing Brahmanism seems overestimated: Parliament was dominated by savarna males at the time.

‘No Laughing Matter: The Ambedkar Cartoons, 1932-1956’: Babasaheb and the banality of injustice