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Lost Opportunities and Several Steps Back: The UGC Draft Regulations 2025 for ‘Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions’

by rti_adminon August 16, 2025August 16, 2025Leave a Comment6

Vivek Kumar Singh, Manisha In response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Radhika Vemula and Abeda Salim Tadvi—the mothers of Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi, who both died by suicide following caste-based discrimination on university campuses—the University Grants Commission (UGC) has released the Draft Regulations 2025 for the ‘Promotion of Equity in Higher …

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Meritorious Without Merit: Caste Privilege and the Illusion of Excellence

by rti_adminon August 7, 2025August 7, 2025Leave a Comment15

Lokesh Bag In a society where caste continues to shape access to knowledge, power, and dignity, any conversation about merit or excellence must begin by confronting the foundations on which our institutions stand. Caste is not merely a social identity; it is a structural faultline that distorts every idea of fairness, reason, and justice. As …

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Touré F. Reed on Black History from Civil Rights Movement to BLM – Part 3

by rti_adminon August 6, 2025August 7, 2025Leave a Comment10

Pradnya Garud Touré F. Reed, professor of 20th-century US and African American History at Illinois State University, speaks with Round Table India on a wide range of topics related to US history and politics. In Part 3, he focuses on Black History in the USA. Pradnya: For a global audience, how should we understand black-led movements in the US? …

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Every Name for the Christian Convert Is Incomplete

by rti_adminon August 2, 2025August 2, 2025Leave a Comment6

Rohan Arthur The Crude Fantasy In the imagination of the Hindu Rashtra, the Christian convert should not exist. Conversion is seen as a betrayal, a deviation from birthright, a wound on the body of the nation. In this worldview, the only acceptable path is return(ghar wapsi). If not return, then erasure. There is no place …

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Gentrification of the Night

by rti_adminon August 2, 2025August 2, 2025Leave a Comment7

Umar Nizar The night listens, with its soft palette of shadows. Daylight colours gradually lose their glistening sheen. Life begins where death abates. Images lurk in the embers of memory. Shadows emerge. Gazes soften, seeking that solace, beloved of the weary. In the smithy of the heart, intensities cool down, settling into primordial life rhythms. …

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Touré F. Reed on Race and Class Reductionism – Part 2

by rti_adminon July 30, 2025July 30, 2025Leave a Comment15

Pradnya Garud Touré F. Reed, professor of 20th-century US and African American History at Illinois State University, speaks with Round Table India on a wide range of topics related to US history and politics. In Part 2, he focuses on Race and Class Reductionism. Pradnya: Racial identity is often seen as central to understanding social and economic inequalities …

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Touré F. Reed on Contemporary US Electoral Politics and White Nationalism – Part 1

by rti_adminon July 28, 2025July 30, 2025Leave a Comment35

Pradnya Garud Touré F. Reed, professor of 20th-century US and African American History at Illinois State University, talks to Round Table India on a wide range of topics about US history and politics. In Part 1, he delves into US electoral politics, focusing on white nationalism and its roots. Pradnya: How would you describe the …

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Indigenous Muslims and Conversion to Islam: The myth and reality

by rti_adminon July 26, 2025July 26, 2025Leave a Comment1

Dr. Ohi Uddin Ahmed The spread of Islam in the Indian Subcontinent was one of the significant aspects of Indian History, but it received very little attention from historians and scholars at large. The consequent outcome of the absence of critical analysis formed a notable knowledge gap and perpetuated stereotypes as a result of some …

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Marital Crimes may have Something to do with the Caste Economy

by rti_adminon July 20, 2025July 20, 2025Leave a Comment0

Anitya Sanket Intimate partner violence (IPV) gained widespread attention during the COVID-19 lockdowns and has continued to feature prominently in public discourse. Mass layoffs, precarious and uncertain working conditions, and poor social security policies were shown to strongly correlate with increased instances of IPV during the pandemic and its aftermath. While the COVID-19 crisis should …