Joint Action Committee for Social Justice (UoH) Five Dalit research scholars at University of Hyderabad have been subjected to suspension from hostels and social boycott barring them from accessing the hostels, administration building, public places and participating in Students’ Union elections. This is in the context of the incidents that unfolded on 03/08/2015 and …
Namdeo Dhasal’s unique imagination and unparalleled language
Yogesh Maitreya The Sun that was leaked, Being dimmed Into the bosom of the night, Then I was born On footpath… ~ Namdeo Dhasal It was a nippy and brooding winter of 2011 in Nagpur; I was in second year of Bachelor’s degree. Books, especially poetry and novels became the sole escape from material …
Riddles in Moditva: Publishing Ambedkar without AoC & Riddles in Hinduism
Dilip Mandal So, for you, what are the most seminal texts of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the constitution maker of India? What names come to your mind or your imagination? Is it Annihilation of Caste (AoC), or is it Riddles in Hinduism (RiH) or is it something to do with the Roundtable Conference or his works …
Casteism and Ways of Removing Casteism
Mahitosh Mandal Casteism is caste-based prejudice deriving from Brahminical values and giving birth to discrimination and violence against those belonging to the Dalit-Bahujan communities, the ‘marginalized majority’[1] of this country. This is a kind of simple definition. But this has layers of implication. Let us begin with an anecdote that would give us one …
A Note on Campus Politics and the Formation of SAJD (Students Alliance for Justice and Democracy) at EFLU
SAJD-EFLU Electoral politics in university campuses is generally treated as a routine case of electing a student body to manage student affairs. Far from reflecting a technical problem of event-management, electoral politics is shaped by different groups, attitudes and ideologies that are operating within the student community and the various societal formations within Indian context. …
Social Boycott in UoH: The modern university as a caste enforcer
Round Table India Babasaheb Ambedkar ~The more common and the more effective weapons is the declaration of complete boycott against the offending Untouchables. The horrors of the boycott, which is merely another name for Gandhi’s ” noncooperation”, can hardly be adequately described. The Committee appointed by the Government of Bombay to inquire into the …
Violation of Constitutional Rights of 5 Dalit scholars By University of Hyderabad administration: Fact Finding Report
Dalit Sthree Sakthi Certain abusive comments in the Facebook and subsequent skirmishes on 3rd and 4th August 2015 led to the expulsion of a few scheduled castes Ph.D scholars of University of Hyderabad and it was alleged that the authorities of the University of Hyderabad had taken unilateral action on a few scholars belonging …
If You Can’t Help One Pulaya Woman, What of the Entire SC Community?
Chitralekha E To, The Honourable Chief Minister of Kerala Complaint submitted by Chitralekha, Kunjimangalam Village, Edat Sir, I am an auto driver belonging to a Scheduled caste community. I and my family sat on strike (Raapakal samaram) for 122 days outside the Kannur collectorate protesting the casteism and violence that the …
Unveiling Brahmanic Hegemony: A Discussion on ‘Hatred in the belly: Politics behind the appropriation of Dr Ambedkar’s Writings’
The Shared Mirror is pleased to invite you for a discussion on ‘Hatred in the belly: Politics behind the appropriation of Dr Ambedkar’s Writings’ at JNU, New Delhi Date: 10TH January 2016 Time: 2.30PM To 6.00PM Place: School of Social Sciences-I Auditorium, JNU, New Delhi SPEAKERS