Bijal Vachharajani Every time someone visits our house, their eyes are riveted to two focus points – one a gigantic mural painted by friends on our living room wall, and the second, rows and rows of books. History and social justice, picture books, YA and middle grade books, comics and graphic novels, crime, politics, …
ಆಶ್ರಯಾನ್ವೇಷಣೆ: ಒಂದು ಮುಂದೂಡಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಕನಸು
ಸುಮಾ ಪ್ರಿಯದರ್ಶಿನಿ ಬಿ ಕೆ ದಲಿತರು ಹಾಗು ಅಸಮಾನತೆ ಎನ್ನುವುದು ತಲತಲಾಂತರಗಳಿಂದ ನಡೆದುಕೊಂಡೇ ಬಂದಿದೆ. ಇಂದಿನ ಡಿಜಿಟಲ್ ಯುಗದಲ್ಲೂ ಅಸ್ಪೃಶ್ಯತೆಯಿನ್ನೂ ಹಾಗೆ ಉಳಿದುಕೊಂಡಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ನಾನಾ ರೀತಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣಸಿಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಸಮಾಜದ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ವರ್ಗ, ವಿಷಯ ಮತ್ತು ವಸ್ತುಗಳು ಒಂದೆಡೆಯಾದರೆ ದಲಿತರಿಗೆ ಈ ಯಾವುದರಲ್ಲೂ ಸ್ಥಾನ ಮಾನಗಳಿಲ್ಲ ಎಂಬುದು ಪದೇ ಪದೇ ಜಗತ್ತಿಗೆ ತಿಳಿಯುತ್ತಲಿದೆ. ಯಾವುದೇ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮವಾಗಿ ಗಮನಿಸಿದರೆ ಅಸ್ಪೃಶ್ಯತೆ ಎಂಬುದು ಬೂದಿಮುಚ್ಚಿದ ಕೆಂಡದಂತಿದೆ. ತುಮಕೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯದ Dr. ಅಂಬೇಡ್ಕರ್ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ವಿಭಾಗದ ಅಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ …
Payback To Society
Rahul Pagare Smart Bhim Jayanti: New Way to Celebrate Ambedkarism is to Payback to Society. OWN MEDIA Team gifting a framed picture of the Preamble of our Great Indian Constitution to Gadge Baba Ashram Have you ever celebrated Bhim Jayanti in a Smart way? Well, we did.. Want to know how we celebrated Dr. …
The Failure of Secularism with the Rise of ‘I’ Politics
Omprakash Mahato Whatever is the approach of politics, politics has to have concerns with the problem of ends; the goals of the just society; the governing means should be in such a manner as to realise the good society. The key concern of politics is with power, the way it is shared through recognition and …
Ambedkar Age: Celebrating 128th birth anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar in the Washington DC area
Phule-Ambedkar Center for Anti-Caste Thought What better way to celebrate Babasaheb Ambedkar’s 128th Birth Anniversary than with books, reading and writing communities?* It is 10 years of Round Table India – For An Informed Ambedkar Age. RTI has grown into the largest repository of contemporary writings focused on the task of Annihilation of Caste …
The six things Aakar Patel learnt in NGOs remind you of four things
Dr. B Karthik Navayan I have bigger things to say about Aakar Patel and Amnesty International India, but my dispute with them is sub judice before the court. Therefore, I am waiting for the court to decide. I will write about it after the court decision. Without mentioning the issue that is sub judice …
What ails Indian Health System?
Dr Jas Simran Singh Kehal The theme of World Health Day 2019 is Universal health coverage: everyone, everywhere. On the 40th anniversary of Alma Ata Declaration, which declared health a human right for all, each United Nations country, including India signed the Astana Declaration in 2018. It endorsed the critical role of primary health …
A vote for justice in Idukki
G Gomathi Dear Friends, I am contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha elections which is to be held on 23rd April 2019 from the Idukki constituency. In the current political scenario, we realise more and more the significance of Dr B R Ambedkar’s political vision that until and unless the ex-untouchables get political power, the exclusion …
Christianity in India: The fastest growing alternative to Brahminism for two centuries
P Victor Vijay Kumar Officially, the Christian population in India is a little less than 2.5%; it grew from around 0.5% in the 1870s, thus being the fastest growing of spiritual faiths in India. This article endeavours to bring to light how and why this faith grew to such levels, how it succeeded as …