The Satyashodhak

Dec 6, 2024 | thesatyashodhak.com | Ravikiran Shinde

६ डिसेंबर आणि चैत्यभूमी बाबासाहेब आंबेडकरांच्या जीवनातील एक अशी घटना आहे की जितकी आकस्मिक, वेदनादायी आहे तितकीच ती आजच्या घडीला ऊर्जा देणारी आहे. बाबासाहेबांच्या राहत्या राजगृहापासून हाकेच्या अंतरावर असणाऱ्या शिवाजी पार्क आणि दादर चौपाटीवर बाबासाहेब आंबेडकर गेलेही असतील परंतु येथेच आपली तूफानमय जीवनयात्रा विसावेल असे त्यांच्याही कधी मनात आले नसेल. आपल्या जीवनाच्या अखेरच्या काही महिन्यांत म्हणजेच १४ ऑक्टोबर १९५६ रोजी बाबासाहेबांनी नागपूरात सामुदायिक धर्मांतर केले.

Sep 8, 2024 | thesatyashodhak.com | Tejas Harad

The Bengali bhadralok (literally gentlemen) emerged as a distinct group in the 19th-century colonial Bengal, dominating British administrative jobs, land resources and literary cultural production. This group distinguished itself from the rest of the society by its deportment, speech, dress, style of housing, eating habits, occupations, and cultural values (Broomfield, 1968, pp. 5-6).

Sep 7, 2024 | thesatyashodhak.com | Tejas Harad

The adoption of printing press technology in India in the 19th century made it possible to mass-produce written material, after which middle and upper class intellectuals passionately took to journalism and pamphleteering.

Jun 12, 2024 | thesatyashodhak.com | Ravikiran Shinde

”A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.“ — UnknownBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has continued to suffer heavy losses: in the 2024 general elections, it lost nearly half of its voters with the vote percentage coming down to 9.3% in Uttar Pradesh as against 19% in 2019. In 2022 assembly elections, it had 13% vote share spread equally across the state. What is worse is that it failed to win a single seat and did not even come second in any of the places.

Mar 8, 2024 | thesatyashodhak.com | Athmanathan Indrajith

This International Working Women’s Day, let us discuss Periyar and his conceptualisation of masculinity (aanmai). Thanthai Periyar, the father of Dravidian movement, was an original and dynamic thinker who gave an excellent lens to look at the problem of masculinity. His book ‘Why Were Women Enslaved?’ deals with the question of masculinity, chastity, marriage and love. His approach to these questions is deeply rooted in his radical humanism.