The uplifter and the fallen

Every Dalit household has a picture of B R Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian constitution. Mahalingam was hacked to death by upper caste men in 1989.

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Apartheid wall in Tamil Nadu

May 11th 2009
Sun is punishing the parched countryside along Madurai-Theni highway. Large tracts of land are left fallow. “Vanam Patha Bhumi,” says Raja, the taxi driver. This land gazes at the sky, like a hornbill yearning for rain. Farmers rely on rain to irrigate their fields despite the Vaigai dam near Andipatti. We turn left from the highway at Usilampetti. Raja’s grandfather Mukaiah Thevar left Usi ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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