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“Give life to the constitutional ideals”: How to combat oppression and cruelty faced tribes – B R Ambedkar Memorial Lecture by Supreme Court Judge

Posted on 21/01/2022 by website administrator

Tribals are subject to oppression and cruelty even after independence and still picked up by the investigating officers to cover up shoddy investigations, Supreme Court Judge Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said on Monday. Justice Chandrachud was speaking at the 13th B … Continue reading →

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Bhimayana, an award winning graphic novel on Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar illustrated by Gond artists: Storytelling at its very best

Posted on 27/12/2021 by website administrator

Bhimayana: Experiences of Untouchability. Graphic novelon Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar with art by award winning Gond artists Durgabai Vyam and Subhas Vyam; story by Srividya Natarajan and S. Anand. Navayana Publishing >> Critically acclaimed as “a magnificent work of breathtaking art that symbolises the soul-stirring biography of … Continue reading →

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Gond artists help readers to “ask, reflect and engage in what is independent India’s worst affliction” – Critical acclaim for Bhimayana: A graphic novel on Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Posted on 21/12/2020 by website administrator

Learn more about the Gond community >> If the book succeeds in making the reader ask what independent India’s worst affliction is, it would go down in history as a document as important as the story of Ambedkar it tells. | … Continue reading →

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A constitution which guarantees: “The State shall not discriminate against any citizen” – The Sovereign Republic of India

Posted on 22/05/2022 by website administrator

Did the Constitution of India borrow ideas and many of its stand out features from the constitutions of other countries? Yes, after intense scrutiny, it turns out that our founding fathers liberally chose what features to embed into our Constitution … Continue reading →

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Books on tribal culture and related resources

Posted on 11/02/2022 by website administrator

Resources for the classroom: Learning from and about India’s tribal communities, their culture and knowledge systems eBook & eJournals for online and offline use The Johar Journal: “A quarterly eJournal that aims to familiarize people with the tribal way of … Continue reading →

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