https://en.themooknayak.com/discussion-interview/chhath-puja-the-historical-celebration-of-diversity https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-11-12/48wa7wgn/Bihar-Chhath-Puja.webp Chhath is a major Hindu festival celebrated in Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh. https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-11-12/48wot2l2/thekua.jpeg The thekua is perhaps the most recognisable food offering of Chhath. Prepared from wheat flour, jaggery or sugar and ghee, it is traditionally shaped with wooden moulds. https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-11-12/r00iiucs/chhatpooja.png themooknayak-en en 2026-11-12T19:34:01.172+05:30 Chhath Puja: The Historical Celebration of Diversity Chhath Puja 2026, Hindu festival, Brahmanical ceremonies, caste-exclusive festival https://en.themooknayak.com/politics/caste-riots-or-the-nizams-razakars-why-sonia-gandhis-memoir-has-sparked-a-row-over-kharges-family-tragedy https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-11-12/zhwp5avn/kharge-sonia.webp Mallikarjun Kharge, who lost his mother, siblings and an uncle in a 1948 Razakar attack on Varavatti; critics say Sonia Gandhi’s book calls it “caste riots”. themooknayak-en en 2026-11-12T14:26:46.456+05:30 Caste riots or the Nizam’s Razakars? Why Sonia Gandhi’s memoir has sparked a row over Kharge’s family tragedy Sonia Gandhi's book, Kharge’s family tragedy, Razakars attack, communal riots 1948 Karnataka https://en.themooknayak.com/dalit-news/banae-urges-pmo-to-halt-iim-bangalore-director-appointment-of-prof-u-dinesh-kumar-amid-pending-caste-atrocity-case https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2024-12-26/9iolobcs/WhatsApp-Image-2024-12-26-at-12.18.24-PM.jpeg A criminal case, FIR No. 0467/2024, registered on December 2024 at the Mico Layout Police Station, Bengaluru, names eight accused including IIM Bangalore Former Director Dr. Rishikesh T. Krishnan and 7 Professors. themooknayak-en en 2026-11-12T10:02:17.842+05:30 Accused in an FIR! BANAE writes to PMO to halt IIM Bangalore Director appointment of Prof Dinesh Kumar IIM Bangalore Director , Prof Dinesh Kumar, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar National Association of Engineers (BANAE) , pending atrocity case https://en.themooknayak.com/society/tm-special-when-humiliation-becomes-normal-india-bhimrayas-first-film-jaat-shows-how-caste-seeps-into-everyday-life https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-11-11/4dfj61xi/1.avif The series is a story of six films, twenty years of filming and repeated returns. In it, lives shaped by caste, displacement, development and resistance are seen within contemporary India. https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-11-11/f4do3tww/2.avif JAAT is certainly a film about caste, but even more so a film about dignity, inheritance and the difficult work of becoming free. https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-11-11/v4fk0qcc/3.avif In Visthāpan and Āndolan, Vilas Bhongade, a key organiser of the Gosikhurd movement, explains how scattered grievances turned into collective demands, how committees were built by going from village to village, and why rehabilitation must mean more than a change of place: it must mean a life worth living. https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-11-11/l3x12rue/4.avif Hundreds of hours of footage, interviews, songs and archival material have already been gathered, and the challenge now is not to start the project but to turn this extraordinary archive into six finished films themooknayak-en en 2026-11-11T17:42:21.316+05:30 TM Special | When Humiliation Becomes “Normal”: India Bhimraya’s First Film ‘JAAT’ Shows How Caste Seeps into Everyday Life ‘India Bhimraya’, documentary series , L’Atelier Bhimraya, dignity, equality and social justice, Gosikhurd dam https://en.themooknayak.com/education/aiisca-announces-janta-adalat-on-caste-discrimination-and-institutional-accountability-in-higher-education https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-11-11/ga0uyf8o/Janta-Adalat.png The organisation has urged affected individuals to share their experiences so that institutional patterns of discrimination can be documented and challenged. themooknayak-en en 2026-11-11T11:16:24.957+05:30 AIISCA’s Janta Adalat on Caste Discrimination and Institutional Accountability in Higher Education to be held in Nagpur on 22 November Janta Adalat, All India Independent Scheduled Castes Association (AIISCA) , caste-based discrimination, institutional accountability, higher education institutions