Category Opinion

Why the world is leaning ultra-right?

The rise of right-wing politics. (Image credit: Getty image)

–Abdullah Jamal There has been a recent boom in electoral support for right-wing parties across the globe, including Europe and the United States of America. Donald Trump’s victory in 2016 and his performance in ensuring that Joe Biden had to…

The systematic political disempowerment of Dalits

As parties of Mayawati and (late) Ram Vilas Paswan are struggling for existence, the political empowerment of Dalits is lagging behind. (File photo, Image credit: Deccan Herald)

Dussadh (Paswan) and Ravidas (Cobbler), the castes to which Ram Vilas Paswan and Mayawati respectively belong are socially, economically and educationally the most empowered Dalit sub-castes of North India. Today they are the ones facing the biggest challenge.      While Dussadhs…

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