अनिता भारती (Anita Bharti) ओम प्रकाश वाल्मीकि जी को याद करते हुए हमने अपनी समूची घृणा को/ पारदर्शी पत्तों में लपेटकर/ ठूँठे वृक्ष की नंगी टहनियों पर टाँग दिया है/ताकि आने वाले समय में/ ताज़े लहू से महकती सड़कों पर/ नंगे पाँव दौड़ते सख़्त चेहरों वाले साँवले बच्चे/ देख सकें कर सकें प्यार/दुश्मनों के बच्चों में/ अतीत …
How can Babasaheb Ambedkar and Vivekanand go together?
Harish Parihar Transcript of his speech on 14th of April, 2017 at IIT, Roorkee, on the birth anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar Most of the aspects like economics, women empowerment, anthropology have already been spoken of by now. Coming to some different aspect I would like to say that Babasaheb was a great journalist. …
‘अनारकली ऑफ आरा’: हाशिये के समाज की हौसले से लबरेज बगावत…!
अरविंद शेष (Arvind Shesh) दुख से पैदा हुआ जीवट जब दुख को पैदा करने वालों के सामने चुनौती फेंकता है तो आसमान से उम्मीद की बरसात होती है… और जमीन पर नए हौसले से लबरेज़ ख्वाबों की फसल लहलहाने लगती है…! दिसंबर, 2016 में पंजाब के बठिंडा के किसी समारोह में एक गर्भवती महिला …
Munnar: To the Destroyers and Hijackers of the Protest, and the Media – Gomathi speaks
Gomathi G “Why are you so scared of this protest by us three women?“ The unpleasant incidents of yesterday (Thursday), that happened around midnight in the temporary protest tent of Pomplai Orumai near the Gandhi square in the Munnar market road, reveal certain things. It includes the plan of certain political parties to completely …
Nilesh Khandale’s short film Ambuj – Drop the pride in your caste
Gaurav Somwanshi Nilesh Khandale’s debut short movie, ‘Ambuj’ seeks to shed light on some of the most pervasive but less talked about elements of the Indian caste society. Working as an Event Manager, and belonging to the Matang community in Maharashtra, Nilesh has always led the struggle of Phule-Shahu-Ambedkarite thought on social media where his …
भारतीय शास्त्रीय कलाएं और सामाजिक सरोकार
संजय जोठे (Sanjay Jothe) भारतीय कलाकारों, खिलाड़ियों, गायकों नृत्यकारों के वक्तव्य बहुत निराश करते हैं। उनके वक्तव्यों में आम भारतीय मजदूर या किसान या गरीब के सामाजिक सरोकार एकदम से गायब हैं। उन्होंने कला को व्यक्तिगत मोक्ष या अलौकिक आनन्द की जिन शब्दावलियों में गूंथा है उसमें फसकर कला और कलात्मक अभव्यक्तियाँ भी इस …
Upper Caste Hegemony Through Linguistic Chauvinism: Some Glimpses from Odisha
Sumit Turuk “Language enforced by the upper castes of this country on the marginalized communities is just like the Vasuki snake from the Samudra manthan (churning of the ocean episode in Bhagvata Purana) where the Devas (the upper caste linguistic chauvinists) get all control over the wealth and riches (knowledge production, hegemony, perpetuation of …
Teri Zameen Tera Aasman – World Premiere of Documentary Film on Women
Round Table India World Premiere Film Screening of TERI ZAMEEN TERA AASMAAN: Bhartiya Nari! Tu Aazaad Kahaan?(Your Earth Your Sky: O Indian Woman! Where thou art free?) ~ {youtube}vQq2OdjCI80{/youtube} This screening will be a part of the The International Conference onRe-imagining Religion, Caste and Social Justice in South AsiaThe 3rd annual conference Production and …
The Homicidal Republic – India i.e. भारत
Anshul Kumar Victor Hugo once said, “There is in every village, a torch-the teacher, an extinguisher-the priest.” Village becomes homicidal if teachers are priests in disguise and vice versa and India is no less than such a Village Republic. Laws of Manu still prevail in this republic and very often override the constitutionalist morals …