For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Round Table India Creating a No-Response Zone: The Story of Discrimination against a Dalit in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Note received from the victim’s wife) Sir, We are a dalit family and we strongly feel discriminated and marginalized by the department of education under the administration of Union Territory of …
Syamprasad KV Introduction The demise of Rohith Vemula and his poetic suicide note made history, and they continue to disturb our minds. As an Indian citizen, as a member of a Bahujan community, as a research student, I am obliged to express my deepest condolences over his demise and to protest against the university …
Amar Khade Recently, a two day National Level Seminar was organized by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Chair, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, on 12 and 13 March 2016. The venue of the Seminar was the historical “Convocation Hall” of Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University. The convener of the Seminar was Prof Dr …
Sanjay Patil Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.~ Dr. Bhimrao. R. Ambedkar The Rohith Vemula institutional murder which grabbed headlines in the last two months made me sit and write. I will be writing …
Jadumani Mahanand Being born in an untouchable family, my life begins with multiple layers of discrimination – the degree of imposition in terms of discrimination, humiliation, oppression and exploitation make me an outsider within. All the worth of my individuality disappears or is abjected, and I continue to remain ‘undeserving’ to the world – …
Note compiled by Joshua Isaac Azad On 13.3.16, Sankar was murdered by a caste Hindu group for his inter caste marriage. His wife was seriously injured and now in stable condition in hospital. Sankar’s body was brought yesterday (14.3.16) to his native Komaralingam, Udumalaipettai from Coimbatore after post mortem. Dalits refused to bury his …
Nilesh Kumar Recent controversy over the issue of sloganeering by a few Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students has brought to light the role of the university in the wider arena of knowledge production that shapes the politics of society and its path of evolution. Make no mistake, as a former student of the university, …
The Shared Mirror Publishing House On this historic occasion of Manywar Kanshi Ram Saheb’s birth anniversary, The Shared Mirror Publishing House is pleased to announce the release of eBook version of Hatred in the belly: Politics behind the appropriation of Dr Ambedkar’s wrtings. It is available on amazon.com. On Dec 2, 2015, Hatred in …
The Guilty Warrior To begin with, I work in the so-called “Corporate” sector in India. I was brought up in a small town, in a Mahar stronghold in Maharashtra and grew up under the strong influence of the philosophies of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar. I was fortunate in academics to do well, mostly with the …