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 https://en.themooknayak.com/politics/tm-special-love-loss-and-a-political-storm-why-sonia-gandhis-belonging-is-dominating-social-media https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-11-10/1wbrekn4/sonia-book.png Belonging: A Journey of Love is a personal and political memoir written by Sonia Gandhi, published by HarperCollins. themooknayak-en en 2026-11-10T17:05:00.000+05:30 TM Special | Love, Loss and a Political Storm: Why Sonia Gandhi’s ‘Belonging’ Is Dominating Social Media Sonia Gandhi book, Belonging: A Journey of Love, Sonia Gandhi autobiography, Congress BJP Sonia Gandhi book https://en.themooknayak.com/dalit-news/bahujan-organisations-demand-fast-track-court-cbi-probe-and-strict-action-in-rohit-pathare-murder-case https://cf-images.assettype.com/themooknayak-en/2026-11-10/h7c6gkru/rohit-pathare.jpeg Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi delegation recently met Rohit Pathare’s family to offer condolences. After learning about the entire sequence of events, the delegation consoled them. themooknayak-en en 2026-11-10T13:37:56.865+05:30 Bahujan Organisations Demand Fast-Track Court, CBI Probe and Strict Action in Rohit Pathare Murder Case Rohit Pathare Murder Case, CBI Probe, Fast-Track Court, Caste atrocities, SC/ST Act, Maharashtra Police