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On the 15th of April this year, various student organizations of OsmaniaUniversity organized a Beef Festival on campus. The festival became controversial even when the [...]

Democratization of the Public Sphere/by Sambaiah Gundimeda

Within the caste-based Hindu society, a food hierarchy goes from vegetarianism (at the top), to meat-eating (involving no beef) to beef eating. In “Origin of [...]

Vegetarians only (a short story) /by Sky Baba

We had been walking since morning in this basti. Our legs ached badly. The soles of our feet burned. We had roamed all the streets [...]

Shuddhodaka for purification of food/water from Indirabayi/by Gulvadi venkatrao

An excerpt from Indirabayi (1898), the first social novel in Kannada. The excerpt is a discussion between a young man Bhaskar Raya and his mother [...]

Why is Modern India Vegetarian? /by Sneha Shaj

Indian cuisine is as diverse as it comes. It is common knowledge that certain types of food considered taboo by some are relished by others. [...]

Source of Strength of Working Hands/by Du Saraswati

In order to enquire into the source of strength of working hands, we undertook extensive fieldwork consulting subaltern communities. It was very difficult to ask [...]