For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Sunil Yadav talks to Vinay Shende: My name is Sunil Yadav. I was born in 1979 in the Mahalakshmi area of Dhobi Ghat, Mumbai. It’s a slum area. My roots are from Ratnagiri district, but later generations had moved to Mumbai. I am a third-generation Scavenger. I work as a Scavenger with Brihanmumbai Municipal …
Pardeep Attri While growing up in Punjab, I was reminded by many not to listen to ‘Chamkila’. I could never understand the reasons behind those advices at that time and never cared to ask anyone as I was not a song loving person. Hence, those advices didn’t matter to me. After moving to England …
Harshal Kharat Round Table India strongly condemns the ongoing brutality on Kashmiris by Indian forces on civilians, that is particularly targetting young chldren, youth, women and the hospitalized, and stands by the Kashmiris’ right to self-determination. In this article, Harshal looks at the history of violence enabled by AFSPA and details the documented trail …
Kula Nirmulana Porata Samiti (KNPS) I) a) Mr. S. Ramakrishna was born in a poor Dalit family in a remote village of Chittoor District, A.P. and with his hard work he could get his Law degree and was selected as a Junior Civil Judge in A.P. State Judicial Service in 2003. He consciously discharged …
Arvind Bouddh Is India really a hindu-majority country? And is Hinduism really a religion? You may wonder why I am even asking such questions when they are already well established facts (wait, not facts but notions). Well, for you these are not notions but facts, for a person like me whose identity has always …
Sankalp Jayant On December 29th, 2015, DICCI (Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry), on its tenth anniversary, organised ‘National Conference for SC/ST Entrepreneurs’ to boost entrepreneurship among young Dalits. Previously, DICCI had taken the initiative of setting up an Entrepreneur Incubation Centre and a Venture Capital fund to promote SC/ST entrepreneurs. Chandra Bhan Prasad, …
ರಹಮತ್ ತರೀಕೆರೆ (Rahamat Tarikere) ನಮ್ಮ ನಡುವಿನ ಪ್ರತಿಭಾವಂತ ಕವಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಬ್ಬರಾಗಿದ್ದ ಎನ್.ಕೆ. ಹನುಮಂತಯ್ಯ (1974-2010), ಸಾಯಬಾರದ ವಯಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸತ್ತು ಆರು ವರ್ಷಗಳಾದವು. ಈಗಲೂ ಅವರ ನೆನಪು ಹಸಿಯಾಗಿಯೇ ಕಾಡುತ್ತಿದೆ. ‘ಸಂಬಂಧ’ಗಳನ್ನು ಸಂಭಾಳಿಸಲಾಗದೆ ನೈತಿಕ ಬಿಕ್ಕಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಲುಕಿ, ಗೆಳೆಯರಿಗೆ ಸಿಗದೆ ಓಡಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವಾಗಲೂ, ಫೋನಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವುದೇ ಮಾತಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಅಳುತ್ತಿರುವಾಗಲೂ, ಈ ಬಿಕ್ಕಟ್ಟಿನಿಂದ ಅವರು ಪಾರಾಗಿ ಬರುವರೆಂದೇ ಭಾವಿಸಿದ್ದೆವು. ಆದರೆ ಅವರ ಸಾವಿನ ಕೆಟ್ಟಸುದ್ದಿ ಒಂದು ದಿನ ಬಂದು ಬಡಿಯಿತು. ನೋವಿನ ಜತೆ ಆಕ್ರೋಶವೂ ಬಂದಿತು. ಕನ್ನಡಕ್ಕೆ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಕಾವ್ಯ …
Amar Khade On 11 July 1997, the Maharashtra State Reserve Police Force under Sub-Inspector Manohar Kadam, started firing on unarmed Ambedkarite protesters in Ramabai Nagar. In the police firing, 10 Ambedkarite were massacred. Their names are as follows: (1) Sukhdev Kapadne (2) Sanjay Nikam (3) Bablu Verma (4) Anil Garud (5) Kishore Kataranwar (6) …
Radhika Sudhakar In the Swathi murder case, as mainstream media increasingly plays the role of judge and jury, while evidence gathering, judgement based on facts and adherence to the rule of law takes a back seat, it does immense disservice to the victim’s rights as well as the accused’s rights. In the process, it also …