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100 years on, remembering Vaikom Satyagraha as an anti-caste civil rights movement

The Satyagraha was a fight for access to the roads surrounding the Vaikom Mahadeva temple for people of all castes, who were otherwise forced to use roundabout paths to reach their destinations.

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How BR Ambedkar has become a global icon in the fight against injustice

The mobilisations by Dalit Ambedkarite diaspora in the West have received support from other socially marginalised communities and minority groups.

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Why the apologism over Perumal Murugan’s son’s wedding sets back anti-caste discourse

Writer Perumal Murugan’s son’s inter-caste wedding involving Brahminical rituals has been defended as a necessary compromise and a matter of individual choice, but such excuses only set back the anti-caste movement, writes Aazhi.

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