100 years on, remembering Vaikom Satyagraha as an anti-caste civil rights movement
The Satyagraha was a fight for access to the roads surrounding the Vaikom Mahadeva temple for people of all castes, who were otherwise forced to use roundabout paths to reach their destinations.
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How BR Ambedkar has become a global icon in the fight against injustice
The mobilisations by Dalit Ambedkarite diaspora in the West have received support from other socially marginalised communities and minority groups.
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Why the apologism over Perumal Murugan’s son’s wedding sets back anti-caste discourse
Writer Perumal Murugan’s son’s inter-caste wedding involving Brahminical rituals has been defended as a necessary compromise and a matter of individual choice, but such excuses only set back the anti-caste movement, writes Aazhi.
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