For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Swapnil Dhanraj Regressive social laws wield much more power over self-choice marriages/ love marriages today. Even few powerful politicians and educated parents do not dare to come out and demand action against ‘social killings’ of young people, and marriage outside one’s caste. Many young people who are trapped in the unbearable and restricted rules …
Anandi Sharan Government must control the creation of electronic money (credit), not as debt but as money spent into circulation to support every citizen, woman and child I have written on this subject many times before, and though I am no expert I have been investigating for some time the question of who creates …
Dr. Narendra Kumar Arya I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.~ B.R. Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches “Freedom of mind is the real freedom. A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains, is a slave, not a free man. One …
Tejas Harad There was a time when I would defend reservations very vocally. I would post links and status updates on Facebook in favour of the policy and would passionately participate in the discussions that ensued. People who would condemn my posts and pro-reservation stance would, of course, be Savarnas. And they used to …
20th May 2016 A group of protesters from a wide range of organisations today disrupted the Jaipur Literature Festival at London’s Southbank Centre, taking over the stage with their placards and giving shouted speeches to the eminent audience about the multiple criminal convictions and abusive pattern of operation of the festival’s main sponsor, the …
Nagaraj Hettur I have been searching for a house to rent in the Santinagar and Hemavati Nagar area of Hassan for the last 15 days. I liked a house that I saw, which was near my daughter’s school. When I called I was asked to come the next day. I informed Manjegowda, Hassan Branch …
Chinmaya Mahanand (His reply to Chintu Kumari’s (AISA) response to his Facebook comment on the hunger strike in JNU) Dear Chintu Kumari, Like you, I too felt the necessity to reply. I hope this assertion of your identity as a Dalit woman is not being considered as your ‘immediate identity’ by AISA/Liberation and by …
Suthamalli Ganga My name is Suthamalli Ganga and I am a proud Dalit American who has lived in the US for over seventeen years. Dalit is a term that is used for my people who were formerly known as Untouchable, but we see this word as an epithet and use Dalit instead, which refers …
Nilesh Kumar Introduction This year, the nation is celebrating Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s 125th Birth Anniversary. Dalits, Ambedkarite groups, non-governmental organizations largely run by Dalits, international bodies like United Nations (UN), some national and international universities, political parties like Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), Hindu organisations like Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS), Congress, the various state …