Features

शुक्रिया बाबा साहेब

gurinders tribute

  Gurinder Azad गुरिंदर आज़ाद शुक्रिया बाबा साहेब !आपके चलतेहमें किसी से कहना नहीं पड़ताकि हम भी इंसान हैं ! उनके अहं को जो भी हो गवारालेकिन अब तस्दीक हो चुका हैकि बराबरी थाली में परोस कर नहीं मिलतीआबरू की धारा किसी वेद से नहीं निकलतीबड़ा बेतुका हैकल्पना करके सोनासुबह अलग सा कोई नज़ारा होगाया …

Assertion

Dalit Christian Pastors protest state of Salvation Army in Tamil Nadu

default image

  [Received the following communication from the Affected Retchanya Senai Retired Officers (i.e. Retired Tamil Dalit Christian Pastors in Tamil Nadu)] ~ For the kind attention of Soldiers, Local Officers, Divisional & THQ Officers and Leaders of The Salvation Army, South Eastern Territory, India:  Are you aware that the present administration of the Salvation Army …

Assertion

‘The Doctor and The Saint’ should be detached from ‘Annihilation of Caste’

democratic debate

  [Via Karthik Navayan] The event Democratic Debate on Appropriation of Ambedkar’s Writings was held on 10th April 2014, in Hyderabad. It was addressed by Dalit Bahujan intellectuals, Bojja Tharakam, Professor Kancha Ilaiah, U Sambashiva Rao, Joopaka Subhadra, Gogu Shyamala and other participants who discussed thoroughly the content, and also the intentions of the publisher …

Features

Introducing Arundhati Roy and Friends

cartoon maya

  Karthik Navayan (On 9th March, 2014, Navayana had planned to launch its ‘annotated critical edition’ of Dr BR Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste with an introduction by Arundhati Roy, in Hyderabad city. The event was cancelled because of distribution issues according to the publisher. But the spin put on the cancellation, especially by the corporate …

Features

Sanskritization or Appropriation: Caste and Gender in “Indian” Music and Dance

sreebitha 1

  Sreebitha P. V. Two recent articles in The Hindu address the question of caste and gender in Indian Music and Dance. The first article titled ‘Sanskritization and Culture’, highlights the fact that many artists from the field of dance and music have rejected and embraced Sanskritization at different points in history. The second article, …