Bahujan Art Festival is an initiative to give platform to the artists from the marginal Bahujan community, to express their Challenges, Struggles and Success. This Video is a documentation of the event which happened in the TISS Mumbai Campus on 16th of December. Video Documentation: Nikhil Latagajanan. {youtube}Dsuz7nG3CmI{/youtube} ~~~ [Via Somnath Waghamare]
An excerpt from White Eminence and the Case for Responsible Freedom
Natalie A Collier White supremacy is a ubiquitous ideology that can surreptitiously greet us, like sunrise in the morning does after yet another night of insomnia, or can punch us squarely on the jaw with brass knuckles after an impassioned lesson about the virtues of turning the other cheek. Micro- and macro-presentations of …
Faculty positions in English at Ashoka University
Tenured/tenure-track faculty position in English, Rank Open We are looking for active scholars and committed teachers at the Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor levels, who are engaged with one or more of the following fields: 1. Translation Studies2. Digital Humanities3. Literary Theory4. Medieval/Early Modern literatures5. Poetry and Poetics6. Dalit Studies Applications are welcomed from …
An excerpt from What must we do to be free? On the building of Liberated Zones
Ed Whitfield In an increasingly complex world, that cannot be fully comprehended, there is a need to seek out and develop clear explanations that go to the roots of our problems and propose realistic solutions. This stands opposed to simplistic, uninformed, and highly subjective views that are popular in casual discourse and social media. And …
Can the Tribal Confederations End the Yemeni Crisis?
Mohammad Imran Yemen’s socio-political crisis has reached a level where humanity and proponents of humanitarianism are facing a double question mark. On the one hand, agencies like UN, UNHCR, UNESCO and human rights-based organisation are continuously being attacked by the international observers and on the other hand, the so-called international peace-making body seems disinterested to …
Story of Khudei
Thongam Bipin Khudei is traditionally a Meetei word for a piece of cloth which the Meetei men wear around their waists. It is worn on various occasions: when he is at home, sometimes at a family feast and other specific occasions. It carries value and culture and signifies a particular lifestyle. It also indicates …
Women in Phule-Ambedkarite Ideology and its Relevance to Contemporary India
Hemangi Kadlak This is a transcript of speech given at Bangalore. Today, I am going to talk about ‘Women in Phule-Ambedkarite ideology and its relevance to contemporary India’, from Buddha to Babasaheb and after. As male and female are biologically different and they are complementary to each other, both are very important for reproducing …
An excerpt from ‘The Brahmin Keeps India in the 18th century’
Naren Bedide (Kuffir) The second issue of Prabuddha: Journal of Social Equality carries articles by authors from anti-caste traditions and black liberation movements exploring the myths of inherent essence or “svabhava” of humans. Authors from the anti-caste traditions examine ‘The Brahmin Svabhava—uninterrupted access to surplus, labor, and property over the ages.’ And authors from Black liberation …
Appeal for Fund to Support the Family of Rashmi Ranjan Suna
Bahujan Students’ Front (BSF) Jai Bheem to all. We, Bahujan Students’ Front- University of Hyderabad, appeal to all concerned individuals and organisations to read this and come out with all possible help and support. BSF-UoH has initiated a fund collection towards financial support for Rashmi Ranjan Suna’s family. The fund will be collected in …