Articles by Suraj Yengde
Review: Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada by Shahu Patole
Apart from presenting unique recipes, this book also offers a critique of food and through it, an accurate analysis of Indian society
Updated on Jan 17, 2025 10:13 PM IST
Review: Dalithan by KK Kochu
The literary critic and activist KK Kochu’s memoir, translated from the original Malayalam, shows that, despite the communist revolution in Kerala
Updated on Dec 07, 2024 05:16 AM IST
Review: Within Reason bySandro Galea
On laying bare the complex workings of the health profession, why liberal philosophical thinking needs a revival, and why doing the right thing for health is not always popular
Published on Oct 25, 2024 10:46 PM IST
Review: Rethinking Untouchability by Jesús F Cháirez-Garza
This defence of Ambedkar’s praxis is a study of the leader’s political thought in the years before India’s independence
Updated on Jul 19, 2024 07:54 PM IST
Review: The Past is Never Dead by Ujjal Dosanjh
A debut novel that packs in a good overview of Punjab’s caste history as it is transposed into the settlements of second and third generation Punjabis in the UK
Updated on Mar 09, 2024 06:36 AM IST
Review: Breaking Barriers by K Madhava Rao
A book that forces naysayers to acknowledge the reality of Dalit merit and provides invaluable insider knowledge about what it takes to become an upright officer in the civil services
Updated on Aug 28, 2023 02:06 PM IST
A giant of Ambedkarite movement passes away
Lahori Ram Balley, a prominent figure in the Ambedkarite Buddhist movement in India and one of the last associates of Dr BR Ambedkar, has passed away.
Published on Jul 19, 2023 12:12 PM IST
Review: Water in a Broken Pot byYogesh Maitreya
Justifying the author’s vulnerabilities with elaborate social commentary, this Dalit memoir lucidly decodes society’s ways of sensing and seeing
Updated on Jul 07, 2023 11:39 PM IST
Suraj Yengde
The case of the missing PhDs
IIM-A has issued 378 doctorates so far. Of these 378, how many were from constitutionally protected categories? We don’t know yet. To get a sense of the answer, you need to take a look at the number of IIM faculty members from Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) groups.
Published on Oct 09, 2019 10:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Suraj Yengde
Landlessness takes away Dalits’ legal and official validity as Indian citizens
Citizenship requires entitlement to resources. The community must stake claim to State-owned land.
Published on Jul 01, 2019 09:00 AM IST
Suraj Yengde
To make their voices heard, Dalits need to protest 365 days a year
Unless the constituency demands their fair share and refuses to bow down, the State order is going patronise a stepfatherly treatment to the Dalits
Published on Apr 12, 2018 12:29 PM IST
Suraj Yengde
The works of Ambedkar, Du Bois and Fanon reflect the common story of marginalisation across communities
The reason the three people become more relevant to our contemporary times suggests that we still hold age-old discriminations like caste, race, gender and sexuality close to our hearts and we are constantly on a mission to develop new models of suppression
Published on Feb 23, 2018 06:50 PM IST
Suraj Yengde