With the recent rise of cow vigilantism in India, cow symbolism in Dalit poetry takes on renewed significance. Here are two poems in translation by Gujarati Dalit poets Shankar Painter and B. N. Vankar, written many decades before cow vigilantism in its current form reared its head.
Written by Manju Menon and Kanchi Kohli. In March this year, India’s Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) office submitted a damning report to the National Parliament on the state of environmental compliance in the country. This report is a national level performance audit of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change and its institutional procedures … Continue reading Environmental Compliance is key for Sustainable Development
Written by Kriti Kapila. To mark India’s 70th year of independence on August 15 2016, the prime minister addressed the nation from the ramparts of Delhi’s Red Fort. Amid much pomp, his upbeat speech on the state of the nation was beamed across the country. But it was the far less stately setting of a … Continue reading The Dalits of India are finding new ways to fight the caste system
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