Dr. N. Sukumar This is in response to the OP-ED article (‘Drop the Rhetoric, Start the Debate‘, The Hindu, June 1st 2013) penned by the honorable Minister of State for Human Resource Development, GOI, Mr. Shashi Tharoor. It is interesting that the state minister for HRD found time to join the debate on the …
Dalit women on intersections of violence and discrimination at the Human Rights Council
Dalit women on intersections of violence and discrimination at HRC 23 in the UN ~ Side event at the 23rd session of the UN Human Rights Council “Dalit Women: Working Together Towards The Elimination OfMultiple And Intersecting Forms Of Discrimination And ViolenceBased On Gender And Caste” On 4 June 2013, 14:30-16:30, Room VIII, 3rd floor …
The State says ‘Achcha rape hua hai, take this money and get lost’: Asha Kowtal
Asha Kowtal has been seeking, organizing and raising the voice of Dalit women across India and the world. As General Secretary of All India Dalit Mahila Adhikar Manch (AIDMAM) she has been actively working to mobilize Dalits, and Dalit women in particular, across states – from Dabra in Haryana to Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu …
Kalekuri Prasad Memorial Meet
On Saturday, June 1, 2013 From 6:00 pm till 9:00 pm at Press Club, Basheer Bagh, Hyderabad.
FYUP: New Education Policy Without National Debate
Discussion on Friday, 31 May, 2013, at India International Centre, New Delhi. Joint Action Front for Democratic Education Delhi University is going to introduce Four Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) without a national debate on its merits or demerits. We believe that the education policy must be uniform in the country and should be decided …
Delhi University is not Dinesh Singh’s jagir: Udit Raj
Gurinder Azad for Neel Kranti Media The Joint Action Front for Democratic Education (JAFDE), the Alliance for Social Justice (AFSJ) and other organizations called for a demonstration in front of Sonia Gandhi’s residence in New Delhi on 19th May, 2013, against Delhi University’s anti-SC/ST/OBC ‘Four Years Undergradutate Program’ (FYUP). In this demonstration, students from …
Struggles of the Scheduled Caste Liberation Movement in Tamil Nadu
Struggles of the Scheduled Caste Liberation Movement (SCALM) as the Strengths to be Agents of Dalit History (Transcript of the Speech delivered at the Intellectual Circle for Dalit Actions’ Meet on 28th April, 2013, in Madurai) Anbuselvam 100 years ago Dr. Ambedkar left India on 15th June 1913 for studies at Columbia University, becoming …
Liberal Democracy and Kymlicka’s Conception of Minority Rights: Towards a Perspective of Dalit Rights
Dr. P. Kesava Kumar Abstract The recognition of minority rights is an issue for debate in recent times. It has implication for a theory of liberal democracy. Especially, the communitarian critique of liberalism has come in strong defense of community against individualism. Will Kymlicka proposes minority rights in the multicultural context of the west …
What I have to say: Chithralekha
On May 18th, 2013, Chitralekha (the dalit woman autorickshaw driver from Payannur, Kerala, who has been fighting CITU/CPM men and who has faced repeated attacks from them in the past) and her family were attacked at her home by a mob of 30 plus men, including her neighbors. This article is her account of …