For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Kancha Ilaiah The opening of the retail market for foreign entrepreneurs has invited sharp reactions from several quarters. The main argument against it is that the livelihood of millions of small shop owners would be seriously affected as they would be handled by global marketing giants like Walmart and Tesco. According to the opponents …
Sub-Inspector of Keesara police station, Mr Venkat, was an eye witness to the brutal assault on Dalits in Rampally Dayara: Human Rights Forum ~ To The District Collector and Magistrate Ranga Reddy district, Hyderabad Dear Madam Sub: Attack on dalits (Madigas) of Rampally Dayara JNNURM Colony- assistance to victims of attack-regarding. You are aware …
Appeal to support buying water tanks for rural families in drought-hit Solapur district [Via Chetana Sawai] We all are aware that Maharashtra is badly hit by drought this year and some of the districts are worst in the context of availability of drinking and portable water. Sangola is one of the blocks in Solapur district …
Structural overhaul to end violence rooted in multiple forms of discrimination and inequalities AIDMAM New Delhi, May 2, 2013. The UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences, Ms. Rashida Manjoo has highlighted the fact that without addressing root causes of structural inequality and oppression, India cannot hope to address violence …
Hany Babu & Jenny Rowena There have been enraged debates against the proposed Four Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) of the Delhi University that is to be introduced from the next Academic session. A large number of teachers and students have already come out in open protest. However, the Union Ministry for HRD has come …
P. Sivakami, a role model for young dalit adivasi and bahujan women, spent two days at the National Dalit and Adivasi Women’s Congress interacting with students and fellow activists. She is an ex-IAS officer, writer and politician who founded a political party, the ‘Samuga Samatuva Padai‘, to work ‘on the principles of Dr Bhim …
Today, following unrest in EFLU, Hyderabad, after the death of M Narsing Rao, a Dalit contractual employee, the police entered the EFLU campus and lathi charged students and employees who were protesting peacefully demanding compensation for the bereaved family. Many students and employees including faculty members were hurt in the lathi charge. 6 students …
Department of Social Exclusion Studies, EFL-University Invites you to a Public Lecture on ‘Regionalising India’ By Prof. G. Aloysius On 29 April, 2013, at 4 PM Venue: Conference Hall, Administrative Block, EFL-University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
Please sign (inserting your name etc in the brackets) this appeal to the Prime Minister of India to include Pali, the ancient language, in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution by going to this site. ~ Letter to Hon. Prime Minister of India For Inclusion of Pali, ancient Indian language, in Constitution of India …