For further studies: https://www.allaboutambedkaronline.com/ambedkarblog THE AMBEDKAR BLOG: HISTORY AND POSTS .............................................................. History of All About Ambedkar Project Team that Worked for Ambedkar Blog Links to Useful Resources
BLOG POSTS: OVERVIEW OF THE WORKS OF AMBEDKAR Ambedkar on Nation and Democracy Ambedkar's "States and Minorites": A Critical Review Risha Shah Why Ambedkar Demanded “One State, One Language”: An Overview of His “Thoughts on Linguistic States” Ranjana Sarkar Rethinking ‘One State, One Language’: Reading Ambedkar's “Maharashtra as a Linguistic Province” Soham Adhikari Ambedkar's “Communal Deadlock and A Way to Solve It”: A Critical Overview Debosmita Dutta Why Ambedkar Supported Partition: Remarks on His “Pakistan or the Partition of India” Samidh Sadhu Ambedkar on Caste and Untouchability Advent and Evolution of the Caste System: A Close Reading of Ambedkar’s “Castes in India” Hirannya Sen Rereading History: On Ambedkar's "The Untouchables: Who Were They and Why They Became Untouchables" Sharmistha Saha A History of Manhandling Trauma: Reading Ambedkar's "Untouchables or the Children of India's Ghetto" Kallol Biswas Volatile Revisions of History through Theory: Analysing Ambedkar's "Who Were the Shudras?" Aritra Banerjee Citizenship delayed is citizenship denied: Reading Ambedkar's "Waiting for a Visa" Barshana Banerjee Untouchability and The Raj: Analysing Ambedkar's “The Untouchables and The Pax Britannica” Diya Ghosh Ambedkar on Hinduism Hinduism on Trial: Deciphering Ambedkar’s “Philosophy of Hinduism” Disha Chakraborty Inequality of the Hindu Social Order: Reading Ambedkar's "India and the Prerequisites of Communism" Abhista Goswami An Overview of Five Riddles from Ambedkar's "Riddles in Hinduism" Sayanti Sikder Ambedkar on Buddhism Reading Ambedkar's “Buddha or Karl Marx”: Rethinking Equality in Times of Disparity Ishan Purkait Rethinking the Importance of Buddhism: An Analysis of Ambedkar's "What the Buddha Taught" Sneha Mahato In Search of the Historical Buddha: An Overview of Ambedkar's "Buddha and His Dhamma" Soham Chakraborty On Brahminism vs. Buddhism: Reading Ambedkar's “Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Ancient India” Ditsa Mandal Ambedkar on Gandhism Ambedkar’s Speech on “Ranade, Gandhi and Jinnah”: A Critical Overview Priyanka Das Dismantling Gandhism: Remarks on Ambedkar's "What Congress and Gandhi Have Done to the Untouchables" Shreya Ghosh How Gandhi Betrayed the Untouchables: A Note on Ambedkar's "Gandhi and His Fast" Ahana Mondal On Dalit Representation : A Note on Ambedkar's "Mr. Gandhi and the Emancipation of the Untouchables" Shramana Halder Ambedkar on Woman Question Critiquing Brahminical Patriarchy: An Overview of Ambedkar's "The Woman and the Counter-Revolution" Sainaz Farzana Kazi On the Participation of Women: A Reading of Ambedkar's "Mahad Satyagraha" Ayesha Sultana Manu, not Buddha, was at Fault: Reading Ambedkar's "Rise and Fall of Hindu Woman" Madhumita Mandal Ambedkar's Economic Thought On Economics, Banking and Trades: A Critical Overview of Ambedkar's "The Problem of the Rupee" Janardan Das On Ambedkar's Master's Thesis: Revisiting "Administration and Finance of the East India Company" Nadimul Islam Reviews of Recent Books on Caste A Bahujan Critique of Brahmanism: Reviewing Ilaiah's Why I am Not a Hindu Sparsha Barman A Review of Ilaiah's Buffalo Nationalism Monalisa Rahaman A Review of Sekhar Bandyopadhyay's Caste Culture and Hegemony Damayanti Sarkar Buddhism and the Caste Question: A Review of Omvedt's Buddhism in India Aiswarya Maity A Bibliography of the English Language Books on Ambedkar Mahitosh Mandal
Which one is good comparative between the dictatorship of Putin and XI Jinping? AI Mode: Key comparative point between the two leaders is that Vladimir Putin's rule is a personalistic dictatorship, whereas Xi Jinping operates within a more institutionalized, albeit highly centralized, party-centric system. While both have consolidated immense power and effectively become leaders for life, the mechanisms of their control and their governing styles present distinct differences. Leadership Style and Power Base Vladimir Putin (Russia): Putin has systematically removed potential rivals and established a system based on personal loyalty, often using security forces loyal to him alone (like the National Guard). His power is less tied to a rigid party structure and more dependent on his individual image and a network of loyal "sycophants" and crony capitalists. His style can be described as a risk-taker with an adversarial outlook on international politics. Xi Jinping (China): Xi operates as the "core leader" of the vast Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a highly organized institution integrated into every level of society. While he has accumulated more power than previous post-Mao leaders, he still needs to maintain influence and manage factional dynamics within the Party apparatus to ensure his position. Xi is generally seen as more methodical, calculating, and patient than Putin. Governance and Economic Approach Vladimir Putin: Putin's decisions have often damaged Russian economic growth in favor of consolidating power and extending Russia's international reach, notably through the invasion of Ukraine. His regime offers a "no-participation pact," where citizens exchange silence for stability, and relies on internal accountability checks rather than public opinion. Russia projects strength primarily through military aggression and political interference. Xi Jinping: Xi recognizes the need for a modern, functioning economy and uses it as a core part of China's soft power strategy, for example, through the Belt and Road Initiative. The Chinese system, though authoritarian, has historically been more adaptive to public opinion and uses sophisticated tools to study and respond to public concerns to maintain legitimacy.
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For further studies: https://www.allaboutambedkaronline.com/ambedkarblog
THE AMBEDKAR BLOG: HISTORY AND POSTS
..............................................................
History of All About Ambedkar
Project Team that Worked for Ambedkar Blog
Links to Useful Resources
BLOG POSTS: OVERVIEW OF THE WORKS OF AMBEDKAR
Ambedkar on Nation and Democracy
Ambedkar's "States and Minorites": A Critical Review
Risha Shah
Why Ambedkar Demanded “One State, One Language”: An Overview of His “Thoughts on Linguistic States”
Ranjana Sarkar
Rethinking ‘One State, One Language’: Reading Ambedkar's “Maharashtra as a Linguistic Province”
Soham Adhikari
Ambedkar's “Communal Deadlock and A Way to Solve It”: A Critical Overview
Debosmita Dutta
Why Ambedkar Supported Partition: Remarks on His “Pakistan or the Partition of India”
Samidh Sadhu
Ambedkar on Caste and Untouchability
Advent and Evolution of the Caste System: A Close Reading of Ambedkar’s “Castes in India”
Hirannya Sen
Rereading History: On Ambedkar's "The Untouchables: Who Were They and Why They Became Untouchables"
Sharmistha Saha
A History of Manhandling Trauma: Reading Ambedkar's "Untouchables or the Children of India's Ghetto"
Kallol Biswas
Volatile Revisions of History through Theory: Analysing Ambedkar's "Who Were the Shudras?"
Aritra Banerjee
Citizenship delayed is citizenship denied: Reading Ambedkar's "Waiting for a Visa"
Barshana Banerjee
Untouchability and The Raj: Analysing Ambedkar's “The Untouchables and The Pax Britannica”
Diya Ghosh
Ambedkar on Hinduism
Hinduism on Trial: Deciphering Ambedkar’s “Philosophy of Hinduism”
Disha Chakraborty
Inequality of the Hindu Social Order: Reading Ambedkar's "India and the Prerequisites of Communism"
Abhista Goswami
An Overview of Five Riddles from Ambedkar's "Riddles in Hinduism"
Sayanti Sikder
Ambedkar on Buddhism
Reading Ambedkar's “Buddha or Karl Marx”: Rethinking Equality in Times of Disparity
Ishan Purkait
Rethinking the Importance of Buddhism: An Analysis of Ambedkar's "What the Buddha Taught"
Sneha Mahato
In Search of the Historical Buddha: An Overview of Ambedkar's "Buddha and His Dhamma"
Soham Chakraborty
On Brahminism vs. Buddhism: Reading Ambedkar's “Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Ancient India”
Ditsa Mandal
Ambedkar on Gandhism
Ambedkar’s Speech on “Ranade, Gandhi and Jinnah”: A Critical Overview
Priyanka Das
Dismantling Gandhism: Remarks on Ambedkar's "What Congress and Gandhi Have Done to the Untouchables"
Shreya Ghosh
How Gandhi Betrayed the Untouchables: A Note on Ambedkar's "Gandhi and His Fast"
Ahana Mondal
On Dalit Representation : A Note on Ambedkar's "Mr. Gandhi and the Emancipation of the Untouchables"
Shramana Halder
Ambedkar on Woman Question
Critiquing Brahminical Patriarchy: An Overview of Ambedkar's "The Woman and the Counter-Revolution"
Sainaz Farzana Kazi
On the Participation of Women: A Reading of Ambedkar's "Mahad Satyagraha"
Ayesha Sultana
Manu, not Buddha, was at Fault: Reading Ambedkar's "Rise and Fall of Hindu Woman"
Madhumita Mandal
Ambedkar's Economic Thought
On Economics, Banking and Trades: A Critical Overview of Ambedkar's "The Problem of the Rupee"
Janardan Das
On Ambedkar's Master's Thesis: Revisiting "Administration and Finance of the East India Company"
Nadimul Islam
Reviews of Recent Books on Caste
A Bahujan Critique of Brahmanism: Reviewing Ilaiah's Why I am Not a Hindu
Sparsha Barman
A Review of Ilaiah's Buffalo Nationalism
Monalisa Rahaman
A Review of Sekhar Bandyopadhyay's Caste Culture and Hegemony
Damayanti Sarkar
Buddhism and the Caste Question: A Review of Omvedt's Buddhism in India
Aiswarya Maity
A Bibliography of the English Language Books on Ambedkar
Mahitosh Mandal
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Which one is good comparative between the dictatorship of Putin and XI Jinping? AI Mode: Key comparative point between the two leaders is that Vladimir Putin's rule is a personalistic dictatorship, whereas Xi Jinping operates within a more institutionalized, albeit highly centralized, party-centric system. While both have consolidated immense power and effectively become leaders for life, the mechanisms of their control and their governing styles present distinct differences.
Leadership Style and Power Base
Vladimir Putin (Russia): Putin has systematically removed potential rivals and established a system based on personal loyalty, often using security forces loyal to him alone (like the National Guard). His power is less tied to a rigid party structure and more dependent on his individual image and a network of loyal "sycophants" and crony capitalists. His style can be described as a risk-taker with an adversarial outlook on international politics.
Xi Jinping (China): Xi operates as the "core leader" of the vast Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a highly organized institution integrated into every level of society. While he has accumulated more power than previous post-Mao leaders, he still needs to maintain influence and manage factional dynamics within the Party apparatus to ensure his position. Xi is generally seen as more methodical, calculating, and patient than Putin.
Governance and Economic Approach
Vladimir Putin: Putin's decisions have often damaged Russian economic growth in favor of consolidating power and extending Russia's international reach, notably through the invasion of Ukraine. His regime offers a "no-participation pact," where citizens exchange silence for stability, and relies on internal accountability checks rather than public opinion. Russia projects strength primarily through military aggression and political interference.
Xi Jinping: Xi recognizes the need for a modern, functioning economy and uses it as a core part of China's soft power strategy, for example, through the Belt and Road Initiative. The Chinese system, though authoritarian, has historically been more adaptive to public opinion and uses sophisticated tools to study and respond to public concerns to maintain legitimacy.
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