For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Akshay Gujar Babasaheb Ambedkar was a voracious reader, and his writings have always been empowering for the downtrodden and enlightening for the country. In my opinion, literature has immense power. It can be oppressive in nature and also be liberating. In a country like India, knowledge production rights were confined to Brahmins and not to …
Ibin Nayakm Ravish Kumar (Brahmin) has resigned from NDTV (New Delhi Television): that’s big news in India now. The takeover of NDTV by Adani, the country’s largest monopolist and the world’s second richest man, is believed to have led to the resignation of Ravish Kumar. Self-proclaimed liberals are picking on this action of the journalist …
Vikas Parasram Meshram Much has been written on the split decision of the Constitution Bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court upholding reservation for economically weaker sections; therefore, it is unnecessary to repeat it. Only one point needs to be highlighted: there was no disagreement in the constitution bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court regarding economic …
Vinay Damodar and Rajesh Chandra Kumar A lot of opinions have already come to the public domain on the recent Supreme Court Judgement on reservation for the Economically Weaker Sections i.e. 103rd Constitutional Amendment. We have not focused deeply on EWS specifically in this article, but tried to look at some consequences of this verdict …
Sumeet Samos In the early 1990s, at the peak of Ram Janma Bhoomi movement and decline of Congress in various states, a new brand of politics from among the Backward Classes and Dalits took the centre stage which we interchangeably refer to as Mandal or social justice politics. This brand was not a homogenous group …
Vinay Damodar & Jayram Waghchaure Labor plays an important role in the socio-economic development of a country. 52.01 Crore (2017) people in the Indian population belong to the working class or workforce. Of this, 61.5 % population is directly dependent on agriculture. In India, 93% of the workforce works in the informal economy, while 7 …
Rakhee Naiding Abstract The film Semkhor from Assam, which recently won the Best Dimasa Language Film Award at the 68th National Awards in July 2022, has received backlash from the Dimasa community on which it is based. The film has kicked up a storm in the state, with demands rising for banning the film from …
Arunabh Konwar (This is not a historical observation, just extrapolations on personal experiences and observations.) Over the last couple of years, because of my own limited apparent proximity to some manifestations of the anti-caste movement in university politics in the mainland, I have often felt at loggerheads as to how to identify myself in this …
Dr Jas Simran Kehal It is said that if we can learn from our mistakes and not let them rob us of our boldness or hope, then we can grow. It was perhaps this boldness which emboldened Dr B R Ambedkar to vigorously pursue the cause of real political representation of the depressed classes after …