India, Oct. 5 -- I have seen the professional anti-caste intellectual. S/He arrives. S/He speaks. S/He refers to Ambedkar. S/He cites John Rawls. S/He quotes Michael Foucault. S/He invokes Habermas. S... Read More
India, Sept. 21 -- I am tired of the Indian theorists MN Srinivas, Bhikku Parekh, Ashish Nandy, Akeel Bilgrami, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Homi K.Bhabha, Aijaz Ahmed, Upendra Baxi, Partha Chatterjee,... Read More
India, Sept. 14 -- The Brahmin preacher does not always hide. He may stand before the Hindu crowd and defend hierarchy openly. He may speak of purity and pollution, tradition and order, custom and i... Read More
India, Sept. 7 -- They write of democracy from rooms where democracy has never had to enter the kitchen, where equality is discussed beneath lights that never reveal the darkness outside. They write ... Read More
India, Aug. 17 -- Loving Fruit You think I am a forbidden fruit, unworthy of your love. But I never think You are a forbidden fruit, Even though India forbids your Nagalim. For me, Love is unconditio... Read More
India, Aug. 10 -- Where Did You Go, Hating My Black Dalit Skin? You appeared like a moon-flower in 2002, you shone like moonlight until 2004. Where did you go from Pondicherry? For so long, I searched... Read More
India, Aug. 3 -- Vishnu Smriti 44.9; Yajnavalkya 3.21.3; ?pastamba Dharmas?tra 2.1.2.6; Skanda Purana V.iii.14-22: Criminals and sinners will be reborn as untouchable caste people. O Hindu, At marri... Read More