UoH SC/ST faculty Forum and Concerned Teachers We, The SC/ST faculty Forum and Concerned Teachers from the University of Hyderabad strongly condemn the attack on Mr. Koonal Duggal while he was addressing a gathering on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanthi.on 14th April 2016. We also condemn the manner in which he was manhandled by the …
‘What is your caste?’
Essay 3. ‘What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means to Me’ Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy If I was a tree The bird wouldn’t ask me Before it built its nest What caste I am. ~ Anti-caste literature from members of the outcastes and lower castes in Karnataka has a very long history. The phrase Dalit literature is often …
Why a village decided to not celebrate Ambedkar jayanti
Rahi Gaikwad It may seem that Dr. Ambedkar is the flavour of the season. His 125th anniversary has been observed widely and reams have been written about him. The BJP has embarked on its own agenda of aggressively staking claim to this legacy. The tragic death of Rohith Vemula has galvanised debate around caste. However, …
हम सबके लिए बाबासाहेब
Essay 2. ‘What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means to Me’ Ravindra Kumar Goliya आप सभी को बाबासाहब की १२५वीं जयंती की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएं| आप सब से मैं पूछना चाहता हूँ कि हम बाबासाहब की जयंती क्यों मनाते हैं? क्या सिर्फ उन्हें याद करने के लिए? क्या सिर्फ यह याद कर लेने से काम चल जायेगा कि बाबासाहब …
Ambedkarism is Human Rights
Essay 1. ‘What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means To Me’ Nilesh Kumar When one wonders about the question of the nature of rights that Dr. Ambedkar was fighting for, there is a tendency …
Jotiba Phule: Sine Qua Non for Social Revolution
Manikanta Bahujan BAPSA (Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students Association), JNU “There cannot be a ‘nation’ worth the name until and unless all the people of the land of King Bali – such as Shudras and Ati-shudras, Bhils (tribals) and fishermen etc, become truly educated, and are able to think independently for themselves and are uniformly …
UoH SC/ST Faculty Forum’s Reply to VC’s Response to their Resignations
UoH SC/ST Faculty Forum Press Release from the SC/ST Faculty Forum in Reply to VC’s Response to Resignations from SC/ST faculty We reiterate our collective decision to resign from administrative positions for the following reasons: The Forum represents the collective will of the community. Its decision is not reducible to individual members of the …
‘बाबासाहब अंबेडकर मेरे लिए क्या मायने रखते हैं ‘ शीर्षक पर लेख आमन्त्रित हैं
Round Table India बाबा साहिब के जीवन और उनकी उपलब्धियों को मनाने के लिए किसी ख़ास अवसर की ज़रूरत नहीं है, उनका उदय एक चेतना और जन-मानस के एक नैतिक लंगर के रूप में हुआ। एक संगीतमय परम्परा उनके जीवन के प्रतिपादन की जो उनके जन्म से शुरू होते हुए, महाड़ में अपना रूप लेते हुए, …
2C or Not To See: A critique of PS Jaya’s ‘2C Awareness’ Project
Archana Bidargaddi & Prabu Venkat Introduction Hegemonic groups – media, artists, activists all alike – have been “using” Rohith Vemula’s institutional murder by brahminical educational establishment1, as an excuse to further their own interests in numerous ways. Kalakakshi2, an artists’ collective, called for members to come up with ideas to protest the actions of …