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Seema Duhan

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My first exchange with her left me with a sense of pleasance and an attraction yet to be understood, however, it was enough to thrill me to explore the depth of her persona and not let the opportunity slip away. Subsequently, I proposed her for an interview with me.  She was [...]

Sanil M N

Theatre of Reservation

Anand Teltumbde’s ‘One More Reservation’ (EPW, April 3-9, 2010) indirectly legitimizes the anti-reservationists’ disguise as the pro-reservationists. Reservation is welcomed by the anti-reservation public to articulate their hegemony. Many of those who support the cause of reservation in public are against the rights of the marginalized communities in their private [...]

A S Ajith Kumar

A R Rahman and Mylapore Blues

The popularity of the Airtel ringtone brought a new `audience’ to the Indian music scene. Airtel claimed that in 2009, Airtel users completed over 200 million music downloads. Wall Street Journal reported that it is “mobile, not net that drives Indian Music Sales. Sales of ringtones and songs on phones already make [...]

Nilratan Shende

The Elite Billing

Why do the political parties engaged in fighting for the rights of the marginalized are opposing “progressive women’s reservation bill’ and why congress, BJP and left have combined to vote for the bill? Why BJP which had mobilized people against reservation for OBCs, supporting it?  Is it just because that ‘they owe the bill to their [...]

Nilratan Shende

Will Mr.Rahul Gandhi marry a Dalit girl?

Rahul Gandhi has instructed congress workers to “spend a day with Dalit household” for commemorating Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary. This approach underlines the party’s assumption that something is wrong with the dalits. “Lets go and work for their betterment.” How many of them say, “let’s go and visit upper castes and change [...]

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