Bengal has historically been a region of Shakti worship, where Durga and Kali are revered. However, this picture seems to be changing in recent years. Whether it’s the case of the female doctor raped at RG Kar Hospital or the case of the 14-year-old minor in Hanskhali, numerous such incidents have come to light, raising […]
I often return to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s 1943 essay “Ranade, Gandhi and Jinnah”, where he said something prophetic: journalism in India started as a mission during the freedom struggle, later became a profession, and eventually morphed into an industry. That transformation, he warned, would compromise the integrity of the press. Today, we see exactly that. […]
In the 2024 edition of the World Press Freedom Index, India ranks 159th among 180 countries, as assessed by the global media watchdog Reporters Without Borders. At the same time, it is slightly better than last year’s rank, which was 161. But this is not even close to a consultation prize as this ranking happened […]
Arundhati Roy’s preface to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste, titled The Doctor and the Saint, is a sharp political essay—but one that ultimately reflects a troubling pattern: the appropriation of Dalit discourse by Savarna intellectuals. Though Roy claims to elevate Ambedkar’s radical politics, her essay asserts a dangerous authority over his voice, re-establishing caste […]