Announcing the first title by The Shared Mirror Hatred in the belly: Politics behind the appropriation of Dr Ambedkar’s writings There has been an upsurge in the attempts to appropriate Babasaheb Ambedkar, his texts and the entire Ambedkarite thought and movements into the hindu/upper caste narrative. These subtle to blatant attempts negate and nullify the …
An open letter from a Dalit musician, to whomsoever it may concern
Ajith Kumar A S The immediate provocation for writing this letter is TM Krishna’s letter to Modi (“Honourable Narendra Modi-ji”). So I think this letter has to be addressed to a large group of people who ‘share’ TM Krishna’s so-called radical mindset when muslims and dalits are attacked and murdered by caste hindus and …
What happened in Dankaur?
Dankaur incident: Fact Finding Report The Fact Finding team of NDMJ-NCDHR condemns in the strongest possible terms the recent incident of atrocity and public indignity concerning a Dalit family in Dankaur, Uttar Pradesh. The Fact finding team visited the place of incident on 10th October 2015 and met the relatives of the victims (who …
A Dalit Teacher’s Successful Crusade against Caste and Corruption
Rahul Kumar Prem Chand “Vimal” has been fighting against autocracy and corruption in the Education Department of Delhi for nearly three decades and has won in about ten such instances. These include one case in the High Court, two in the District Court, twice in the Centre Administrative Tribunal (CAT), and five times in …
National Overseas Scholarships for SC/STs: An Invitation
Jai Bhim, As you are aware almost 50% to 70% scholarships of Government for Higher Education Abroad have gone waste this year. Ex. 1: In Maharashtra state, 24 scholarships are still available. 50% loss for us. Ex. 2: Govt of India had 100 National Overseas scholarships for SC/STs. Only 30 students got selected. So …
Ambedkar’s Children and Conversion In the time of Ghar Wapsi
B. Prabakaran “A religion which does not recognize man as man is not religion but a disease” ~ Dr. Ambedkar. Gujarat government has retracted four lakh books on Ambedkar titled, Rashtriya Mahapursh Bharat Ratna Ambedkar, the standard title used by Hindu groups for Ambedkar, which was expected to be given out to school students across the …
An Open Letter to the Self-Proclaimed Pandits and Descendants of Manu
Pankaj Kumar Naik Dear Self-Proclaimed Pandits and Descendants of Manu, Greetings from Trivandrum, the soul of supposedly God’s Own Country, since the Asura king Mahavali is yet to resurrect from the grave to see broad daylight! I am writing this to you both with immense pleasure and pain. Pleasure, because you proved my ‘conviction’ regarding …
How should a Brahmin-Savarna respond to a Dalit voice?
Mahitosh Mandal Speak you too,speak as the last,say out your say. ~ Paul Celan, ‘Speak You Too’ I have not stated my question as ‘How DOES a Brahmin-Savarna respond to a Dalit voice?’ Had I framed it this way, the answer would have been a factual one derived from real-life experiences. If we observe the …
From the pages of Bahishkrit Bharat
Bahishkrit Bharat (Untouchable India) The following is from an editorial (translated from Marathi) written by Babasaheb Ambedkar for one of the issues of the newspaper Bahishkrit Bharat published in 1927! This translation was first published in July 2010 by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Research Institute in Social Growth, Kolhapur. Translated by Dr. B.R. Kamble. ~ …