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  • November 8, 2018
  • 8:51 pm
  • groundxero
  • Society

A Social Autopsy of Azeem’s Death

An eight year old Madarsa student was killed in Delhi on October 25th, and his death has been variously narrated as a lynching, or as a scuffle between minor boys. Azram Rahman Khan traces a pre-history of hate that contributed towards this unfortunate incident.    The tragic death of Mohammad Azeem, an 8 year-old student […]


  • September 27, 2018
  • 7:28 pm
  • groundxero
  • Caste

There is Nothing ‘Spiritual’ in Cleaning Sewage and Carrying Human Excreta

In his book Karmayog, Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks of manual scavenging as a ‘spiritual experience’. He gives this sermon even while manual scavenging is banned by law in India. At least one person dies every day while cleaning sewers and septic tanks. Besides risk to human health and life the occupation employing thousands of […]