All About Ambedkar : A Journal on Theory and Praxis

Volume 1, Number 2, July-September 2020

Activists of a Dalit organization observe a candle light vigil in memory of Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad on January 20, 2016. Photo courtesy: Associated Press

Introduction

Mahitosh Mandal

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Featured Article

• Iraniyan: An Anti-Caste Communist Hero

       Karthick Ram Manoharan

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Reading Ambedkar

Hinduism

• Hinduism on Trial: Deciphering Ambedkar’s “Philosophy of Hinduism”

       Disha Chakraborty

• Inequality of the Hindu Social Order: Reading Ambedkar's "India and the Prerequisites of Communism"

       Abhista Goswami

• Historicity and Authorship of the Sacred Texts: An Overview of Ambedkar's “Literature of Brahminism”

       Dwaita Mondal

• An Overview of Five Riddles from Ambedkar's "Riddles in Hinduism"

       Sayanti Sikder

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Buddhism

• Reading Ambedkar's “Buddha or Karl Marx”: Rethinking Equality in Times of Disparity

       Ishan Purkait

• Rethinking the Importance of Buddhism: An Analysis of Ambedkar's "What the Buddha Taught"

       Sneha Mahato       

• In Search of the Historical Buddha: An Overview of Ambedkar's "Buddha and His Dhamma"

       Soham Chakraborty

• On Brahminism vs. Buddhism: Reading Ambedkar's “Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Ancient India”

       Ditsa Mandal​

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Book Reviews

• Locating Freedom of Self in the Community: On Reading Baby Kamble’s The Prisons We Broke

       Atreyee Sengupta

• A Review of Ilaiah's Buffalo Nationalism

       Monalisa Rahaman

• A Review of Sekhar Bandyopadhyay's Caste Culture and Hegemony

       Damayanti Sarkar​

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Caste-based Discrimination: Case Study​

• Remembering Rohith Vemula

       Arnab Chatterjee​

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