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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.

The warfare that torpedoed Africa saw regular people as the harshest victims. In some cases, they were the marginalised groups who were left asunder by the dominant ruling class. The African story needs a clear and non-dogmatic reading of the conflict and anthropology of social classes.

The literary critic and activist KK Kochu’s memoir, translated from the original Malayalam, shows that, despite the communist revolution in Kerala.

Dalits in the communist Kerala. EMS Namboodripad.

Suraj Yengde recalls his childhood horror of mealtimes while growing up in a budget-conscious Dalit household, and how he now looks favourably on a diet that once appalled.

Galea is an advocate of liberal thought, in science and rationalism that emerged from the European Enlightenment. Similar thoughts existed in the Buddhist canon too, and in the enlightenment led by subaltern caste saints and seers of medieval India.

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.