Students of IIPS The International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Govandi, Mumbai, is an Institute for Training and Research in Population Studies established in 1956. Since 1985, it has been declared a Deemed University by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. The predominance of upper caste students has established a strange animosity …
We have cleansed our eyes and tongues: On diasporic denials and revisionism
Sinthujan Varatharajah He sat down in the crammed living room of a flat in a low-income suburb in Toronto, Canada. Every weekend he would travel to the other end of the city to enter the 12th floor of a high rise complex in the immigrant area. He would arrive at 11 AM and sit …
On how Arundhati Roy introduces AoC without losing her upper hand
Murali Shanmugavelan In 1936, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, fondly called as Babasaheb, wrote an un-delivered lecture called Annihilation of Caste (AoC) for a Hindu reform group called Jat-Pat Todak Mandal (Society for the Abolition of Caste system). The group rejected Ambedkar’s text as too radical as it made the case for the fundamental destruction of …
Chithralekha’s dharna draws wide support
April 24, 2014 Today Chithralekha, the Dalit woman autodriver, who has been fighting the CPM/CITU in Kannur from 2005, entered the fifth day of her dharna, in front of the Kannur collectorate. Her sit-in dharna in front of the collectorate was able to draw the attention of various Dalit, Muslim and Human Rights Organizations …
Vanniyar mob attack Dalit cheri in Chidambaram after polls
Joshua Isaac Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu. An organized mob of around 300 Vanniyar men attacked a Dalit Cheri, Vadakumangudi, in Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu, in the late hours of the evening today, April 24, 2014. According to eye witnesses, Vadakumangudi Cheri was attacked this evening at 7 pm by a Vanniyar mob …
Brahmanical Courts and the Death of Justice
N. Sukumar and Shailaja Menon “Though justice is depicted as blind-folded, as popularly said, it is only a veil not to see who the party before it is…. and not to ignore or turn the mind/attention of the Court away from the truth of the cause or lie before it, in disregard of its …
Acquittal of Tsunduru Accused is Brazen Injustice: Human Rights Forum
Statement by Human Rights Forum (HRF) The acquittal by a Division Bench of the AP High Court of all accused in the 1991 Tsunduru massacre of dalits is brazen injustice. The Human Rights Forum (HRF) is shocked and anguished by the verdict in such a landmark case. It is highly unfortunate that the judgement …
Protest Against Acquittal of Tsunduru Accused
Please Join Protest On 23rd April 2014, at 11 am Place: Dr Ambedkar Statue, Lower Tank Bund, Hyderabad Against the acquittal by AP High court on 22nd April, 2014, of the culprits responsible for the killing of 13 Dalits (Malas) on 6th August, 1991, in Tsunduru village of Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh. ~~~ [Via …
Remembering Babasaheb: Ambedkar Jayanti Celebrations At CSSSC
On 23rd April, 2014 1.00 pm onwards at CSSSC campus, Baishnabghata Patuli, Kolkata This April 14 is the first time that Government of India declared a national holiday to mark Babasaheb’s birth anniversary. This act must be seen not only in the context of the elections underway in the country but also as part …