Bhima-Koregaon 2018 statewide updates Round Table India is documenting the ongoing large-scale combing operations and arrests of young men from dalit communities in an atmosphere of near complete mainstream media blackout. Updates from Aurangabad Criminal cases have been lodged against 7500 over the issue of stone pelting and rioting. 3000 have been booked under section 307. …
‘We are one’: an appeal to act with sensitivity
Gaurav Somwanshi This is for the international and non-Maharashtrian activists/academics/journos only. Currently, the situation across Maharashtra is extremely diverse depending upon place to place.
Transformative Politics for Dalit Women
Asha Kowtal Transformative Politics for Dalit Women grounded in fierce resilience and compassionate sisterhood. More than a week after the conference, I begin to write, still feeling overwhelmed and dazed coupled with a strange sense of loneliness experienced after loved ones have left home. The #dalitwomenspeakout conference 2017 brought my sisters and friends from …
Battle of Bhima Koregaon, Mahar Legacy and Contemporary Politics
Nitin Dhaktode It is to rvieting to witness the ‘Akhil Bhartiya Brahman Mahasangh (ABBM) and Udaysinh Peshwa, a descendant of the Peshwas, ask the Pune police to deny permission for the Shaniwar Wada (‘Elgar Parishad’)event. Despite the fact that permission was granted by the Pune Municipal Corporation and Police Department, the Brahmanical organisations submitted their …
What the National Law Schools don’t teach
Swagat Baruah Law as a profession has been often ridiculed for its lack of integrity, greed, and immorality. Justice as a profession has been criticized for the joyous self-exiles of its people behind their ivory towers. Some would be even offended by me calling it a ‘profession’. It is a ‘service’ they would claim. …
In solidarity with Lalu
Abhay Kumar Differences with Lalu Shouldn’t Lead One to Blow Hindutva Sankh (Conch) I was surprised to receive the reactions against Lalu, following his conviction in the second fodder scam case by a Ranchi court. “Congratulations! Lalu has been convicted”, said a friend from JNU. Another friend angrily aired his reaction: “My family has …
BJP’s gameplan to hinduize Ambedkar
Shaik Subhani Dr. B.R Ambedkar was an eminent scholar, economist, politician, philosopher, leader, activist, architect of India’s constitution, and a social reformer who fought for women’s rights and also inspired the modern Buddhist movement. He was born on April 14, 1891, in India. He did not belong to the Hindu religion[2] as he was …
The Great Gamble: Dr Ambedkar on Parliamentary Democracy (With transcript of his 1953 BBC interview)
Prameya M Why did parliamentary democracy collapse so easily in Italy, Germany and Russia? Why did it not collapse so easily in England and the U.S.A? To my mind, there is only one answer. It is that there was a greater degree of economic and social democracy in the latter countries than existed in …
नितीन आगे हत्याकांड – खर्डा येथे नितीन च्या पालकांशी साधलेला संवाद
Bhagyesha Kurane नितीन आगे हत्यांकाड प्रकरणी पुण्यातील काही विद्यार्थ्यांनी खर्डा या गावाला भेट दिली व नितीनच्या आई वडिलांशी या घटने संदर्भात संवाद साधला.ह्या हत्यांकाडाचा तपास एकूणच कशाप्रकारे झाला, आरोपी निर्दोष होण्यामागील काय कारणे होती, सरकारची भूमिका, इत्यादी बाबी जाणून घेण्याचा प्रयत्न केला. दलित हत्यांकाडाच्या केसेस हाताळत असताना सरकारी अनास्था कशाप्रकारे कार्यरत असते हे त्यांच्याशी …