For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Ablaz Mohammed Schemnad My Socio-political observations as the elected vice-chairperson of TISS Hyderabad Students’ Council 2022-23 One thing I realised as an active member of the Ambedkarite student movement for the last two years during my study at TISS and interacting with fellow panthers from other universities is that there won’t be any other ideology …
Chanchal Kumar Origin the film released in India some time back. After watching the much anticipated movie (twice) here are some of my haphazard jottings and observations. Introduction To begin with, I’m sure Origin will renew discussions amongst movie-goers and audiences around the theme of caste and how it connects the dots of oppression around …
Dr. Bhushan Amol Darkase Background: [1] In 1975, the Punjab government issued a notification sub-classifying 25% of Scheduled Caste (SC) reservations into two categories, reserving half of these seats for Balmikis and Mazhabi Sikhs. This notification remained in force for nearly 31 years until it faced legal hurdles in 2004. In 2004, the Supreme Court’s …
Nitin Dravid P R Just four days after Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s 134th birth anniversary, as the nation awaits the commencement of the 18th Lok Sabha elections, the only focal point for the existing predicaments and the survival of the largest democracy is to revisit and resurrect the idea of radical democracy as envisioned by the …
Samyak Samudre Introduction It is important to know why equal opportunity is important to maintain equality in society. In this article, I have explained that a class that is not equal in the social system and is exploited will need some special rights to maintain equality in society, and it is unnecessary to oppose reservation. …
Manoj Bag On April 14, people celebrated Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti across the country. Just three days before Ambedkar Jayanti, on April 11, many of those people celebrated Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jayanti in many of the villages in Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, etc. These two days were also celebrated by many students’ organisations in academic institutions …
Yogendra Kumar During the JNUSU elections, I received a pamphlet being circulated titled Dire Need of an Independent Students’ Organization! Disha is the answer to it!!… I know one should not give recognition to an organization named ‘Disha’, which means direction, but is actually directionless. However, I personally felt the need to expose such hypocrites. In …
Minkeng (Lùhng) In what was once the peaceful state of Arunachal, the land where the sun first smiles, there has been a systematic attempt, by certain fringe elements to divide the Tani Community- be it creating hatred among Nyisis, Galos, Tagins or Adis, but also creating an atmosphere of hatred based on religiouns. This is …
Dr. Abhijit Khandkar I saw the movie Chamkila. A few thoughts that have been on my mind since. First of all, it’s a good thing that the makers chose to tackle such an intriguing yet difficult character and subject, set in a place as complicated as Punjab with all its complex socio-political history and landscape. …