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Adivasi Claims Over Sabarimala Highlight the Importance of Counter-narratives of Tradition

Vol. 54, Issue No. 1, 05 Jan, 2019
In the context of the Supreme Court’s verdict on the entry of women in Sabarimala, the article examines the claim raised by the Mala Araya Adivasi community in Kerala over the Sabarimala temple and its rituals. The verdict provided momentum to the tribal community's articulation of their rights in the public sphere, especially about their tarnished history, stolen gods and the socio-economic alienation inflicted upon them by the state and its agencies in collusion with caste forces.

Sabarimala Protest

Vol. 53, Issue No. 49, 15 Dec, 2018
O B Roopesh

The dynamics of the Sabarimala issue and its politics are analysed by trying to disassemble three intertwined features of the issue, namely the deep-rooted masculine performance in the Sabarimala pilgrimage, evolution of temple politics and the process of constituting the temple as a standard site of worship for the “Hindus,” and caste dynamics and Hindutva’s political desire.

How Can Feminist Theology Reduce Gender Inequality in Religion?

Vol. 53, Issue No. 50, 22 Dec, 2018
While judgments that have granted women entry into religious spaces have been hailed as progressive, it must be remembered that religion continues to perpetrate covert forms of inequalities for women.

Pause for Thought

Vol. 53, Issue No. 43, 27 Oct, 2018
Deepa Das Acevedo

The Supreme Court’s verdict allowing girls and women of all ages to enter Sabarimala temple, thus overturning the ban on women between the ages of 10 and 50, is examined in this article along with an analysis of the majority ruling.

Menstruation, Purity and Right to Worship

Vol. 51, Issue No. 9, 27 Feb, 2016
Anant Kumar

The growing protest against temples that deny access to menstruating women should also challenge the institutionalisation of faith and the mediating power of the priest.

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