Braj Ranjan Mani There is little awareness about a more or less institutionalised arrangement of normalising, if not glorifying, the oppressive past from which the privileged continue to derive profit and pleasure. Invented histories, myth-making, and armoury of stereotypes merge to create convenient narratives and myths which masquerade as the history of India. The …
How can we exclude the storyteller from the story being told?
Gaurav Somwanshi One of the grave problems with Indian academia, and the general discussions involving upper castes, has been that although we have had our share of Spivaks, Roys, Srinivases, Dipankar Guptas, Andre Beteilles and Gudavarthys, we’ve never really had any Peggy McIntosh. The one thing common among the former and latter is that …
Men are mortal, so are Ideas
Arvind Boudhh “Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.” -Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Babasaheb must have made this statement when he felt the applicability of the same across all spheres of life. When we gaze through human history there …
Theatre, Spectacle and Politics of “Indian” imagination
Kaustubh Naik Attempts to rewrite, and often overwrite, historical narratives have to be always critically examined. This critical examination is especially important in timeswhen people learn their history through mediums which are motivated by agendas of various hues and colours. In light of this context, Vande Mataram, a play that was recently staged in …
Dalit History Matters
Dalit History Matters Collective (Vee Karunakaran, Christina Thomas Dhanaraj, Asha Kowtal, Sanghapali Aruna, Manisha Devi, and Thenmozhi Soundararajan) I am Dalit HistoryYOU are Dalit HistoryWE are Dalit HIstory And we believe thatit’s not just HISstory, but HERstory, and OURstorythat are necessary to set us free. Founded on these beliefs, Dalit History Month is committed …
Dalit woman research scholar faces discrimination in MG University, Kerala
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. Dalit woman research scholar in MG University, Kottayam, faces discrimination by the department heads. Deepa M Mohan from Kannur, pursuing her Ph.D in the International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in the university is being victimized by denying her access to the lab and other facilities and …
Interpreting the passage of Hindutva in Maharashtra
Yogesh Maitreya The ideology of Hindutva, or the revival of the Vedic dharma or Brahminic religion, represents the starkest contradiction to the Indian constitution, in Maharashtra and throughout India. Its infusion into the soil of Maharashtra can be traced back to the reign of the Peshwas, the period during which untouchability had attained its worst …
Does ActionAid International support caste discrimination?
Karthik Navayan In India there is no escape from the Brahmanical caste structure, it is a story that needs no retelling. It has been the case since ages, and, quite distressingly, it will be so for at least few generations to come. My 18-month tenure in ActionAid Hyderabad Regional Office and my subsequent year-long …
Dalit Stree Shakthi has vacancies
Dear FriendsJai Bheem ! Dalit Stree Shakthi is a Dalit Women organisation based in Hyderabad and having below vacancies. please refer suitable candidates We have some posts vacant in our Head office. That is Finance Officer and National Coordinator. 1. Finance Officer M.com or MBA , Experience in Tally 9.1, Fluency in English , Salary …