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Archives: One day I cursed that mother-fucker God. by Keshav Meshram
One day I cursed that mother-fucker God. He just laughed shamelessly. My neighbour – a born-to-the pen Brahman- was shocked. He looked at me with his castor-oil face and said, ‘How can you say such things to the Source of the Indescribable, Qualityless, Formless Juggernaut? Shame on you for trying to catch the dharma-hood in…
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Archives: Self-introduction by Neerav Patel
be my guest someday, sawarna [high caste hindu]. if you want to feel the pangs of woe come in the guise of an untouchable. see, yonder is the way to our village from the city. avoid that tallest mansion – our young girls are seduced there customarily. that landlord is the king of our village…
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Archives: National Council of Labour Colleges and its role in Working Class Education
England of the 19th Century experienced the tremendous growth of the working class and middle class, alongside with growing of working class consciousness that came from the realisation of the exploitation of the industries and from the frustration due to subsequent failure of capitalists as well as the state in addressing the working class grievances.…
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Archives: V.K. Krishna Menon at Tennis Club, 1928
A photograph of Tennis Club members at Malden, London on June 1928 found at LSE Library Archives. This caught my attention because the fourth person in the front row from the left is V.K. Krishna Menon. He was influenced by Annie Besant to pursue further studies in England. Menonjoined London School of Economics and Political Science to pursue BSc…