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Dr. Yengde has published peer-reviewed articles in interdisciplinary journals.

He is a syndicated columnist with many publications across the world.

Dr. Yengde has published over 150 essays, articles, and book reviews in multiple languages in academic and non-academic journals in the field of caste, race, labor, and migration in the global south and, ethnicity studies.

His writings and essays have appeared in many renowned publications like Ethnic & Racial Studies, Economic & Political Weekly, Al Jazeera, BBC, and The Caravan among others.

Dr. Yengde writes fortnightly columns for The Indian Express and is a syndicated columnist at The Hindustan Times, The Hindu, The Huffington Post, The Print, The Citizen, Globe & Post, The Mexican Times and The Conversation.

Inequality is a catchphrase for developmental and welfare economics. It has also become a rallying call for social and political justice. Inequality is not a condition, but it is a state that has been maintained by various forces who also despise inequality but embrace it partially as it benefits their goals.

We’ve spent important policy dossiers on understanding inequity through the dialectical partnership of economy and politics. What if public policy memos are themselves ingrained with retaining the biases of elite reproduction through social classes? The public portfolio of those who are responsible for articulating the understanding of society is filled with apprehensions of the historical Other.

Kenya has seemingly inspired its neighbouring nations in the region. With an aggressively pro-capitalist economy, it was an eyesore for neighbours like Tanzania, where Julius Nyerere (anti-colonial activist who later became the Prime Minister) took the socialist path.

This defence of Ambedkar’s praxis is a study of the leader’s political thought in the years before India’s independence. The formation of the UN was not only a response to the post-World War consolidation of the anticolonial movement, it was also meant to give a regulated dimension.

Arranged marriages come about in different ways. At the simplest level, they could be organized by the elders in your family, or of your jati (roughly, “caste group” or community), or of a cultural or religious organization your family is a part of. Often, the horoscopes of both partners will be consulted to check if the relationship is a good fit for not. Many hearts are broken over mismatched horoscopes. Such are the wonders of a superstitious society.
no. 51 | April 2020
Against India’s arranged marriage regime
English | हिन्दी | தமிழ் | తెలుగు | मराठी

We cannot say for sure what the future holds, as we prepare for the next couple of months to decide the fate of this messy economy that is in the hands of leaders with bureaucrats who are hated by the Republican vote bank and an autocratic leader with the impulse control of a toddler.

Dalit-Black Intellectual History. Dalit diaspora activism. Caste and Race struggles. Gunnar Myrdal, Allison Davis, Deep South. Global Castes. Ambedkar Buddhist Association of the UK. Dalits in America. Madhuri Hirekar.

Though attachment to the Ambedkar family lineage still draws the rural masses, the people I have interacted with in political circles and urban voters have expressed dismay over Mayawati and Prakash Ambedkar’s politics and nature of interactions.

Despite a salary package of over Rs 3 lakh per year, he only manages to take home Rs 15,000 per month.

The world’s largest democracy, India is undergoing elections. Nearly 969 million voters are eligible to vote in the 18th round of General Elections, lasting over seven phases and 42 days.