Ambedkar International Mission (AIM) has started a new initiative that shall benefit students from Dalit, Adivasi, OBC and other under-represented communities aspiring to enter premier higher educational institutions in the country. As part of this initiative IMS Learning Resources Pvt Ltd (or IMS), which is one of the best coaching institutions in the country, shall offer coaching for these students …
Myth Making: Modi and Media
Pramod Kumar A common refrain of the anchors/editors, during the discussions in the studios of news channels and even in print is that “Don’t shoot the messenger”. It is true that except for niche media houses which happen to be affiliated either to a political party or an ideology, the mainstream media had been diverse …
Ambedkar’s long neglected philosophy of education
Upendra Sonpimple and Amritha Mohankumar Amplifying ignored voices through education: Drawing lines with Ambedkar Abstract Education deals with philosophy- from its pedagogy to its impact on individuals and members of society. While individuals and communities carry their identities, in social and educational spheres the pedagogy of oppression also had its roots in education, where …
Remembering Khairlanji: Trail of Dalit atrocities in Maharashtra
Daisy Katta When the Dalits in Maharashtra were still reeling from the Ramabai Nagar Massacre of 1997, in 2006, Maharashtra was jolted with news of another massacre, this time it was in Bhandara district. In Khairlanji village of Bhandara district four members of the Bhotmange family were lynched by a caste Hindu mob. 29th …
One Million Millionaires & One Billion Hungry Children: What Went Wrong?
In Knowledge and Power, Braj Ranjan Mani tries to comprehend the formation of a world with one million millionaires and one billion hungry children, and asks what went wrong: why do we in the twenty-first century continue to grapple with large-scale injustice, even as knowledge grows to dizzying heights with technology and democracy to …
A Reply To The Mahatma By Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
(This reply was included as Appendix II in the second edition of Babasaheb Dr. B. R. Ambedkar‘s ‘Annihilation of Caste’) I appreciate greatly the honour done me by the Mahatma in taking notice in his Harijan of the speech on Caste which I had prepared for the Jat Pat Todak Mandal. From a perusal …
Casteist undertones of student protests in Delhi University
Ambedkar Reading Group (Delhi University) On the Student Protests in the English Department, University of Delhi A complaint letter issued by the M.A students of DU English Department demanding the removal of 3 newly appointed teachers (two of whom are from the SC and ST Categories) has now turned into a larger protest and …
Roy-Navayana project: Brahminic violence on Dalit intellectual challenge
Yogesh Maitreya I did not read Arundhati Roy’s introduction to Navayana’s edition of Annihilation of Caste and I am sure I do not need to read it. However, I have read and re-read Annihilation of Caste. The text of AoC itself introduces the exploitative nature and nuances of Brahminic caste and of Brahmins in …
‘मैं शब्द-दर-शब्द कविता हूँ’: गुरिंदर आज़ाद के काव्य संग्रह ‘कंडीशंस अप्लाई’ का लोकार्पण
‘कंडीशंस अप्लाई’ हिंदी काव्य संग्रह का लोकार्पण 29 सितम्बर (4:00pm – 8:00pm, Auditorium, SSS-I, JNU) को जवाहरलाल नेहरू विश्वविद्यालय में गुरिंदर आज़ाद कवि और दलित एक्टिविस्ट हैं। उनके लेखे डाक्यूमेंट्री फिल्म निर्माण, पत्रकारिता, सामाजिक विषय लेखन जैसे अन्य काम भी हैं। बठिंडा के एक मार्क्सवादी परिवार में जन्में। तज़ुर्बों की खाक़ छानते छानते …