Joshua Isaac On 3rd January, 2013, Kalki, a I year Intermediate student of Vanur village, Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu, left her house at 3 pm to attend to nature’s call in a nearby casuarina grove.
She is not Nirbhaya from Delhi..
Gujarat Dalit and Adivasi Students’ Convention
On 3rd March, 2013, Sunday9:30 am At St. Xavier’s College, Siddharth Assembly Hall, Narangpura, Ahmedabad, Gujarat Dear Friends,
Reflections: National Dalit and Adivasi Women’s Congress 2013
Prachi Beula The National Dalit and Adivasi Women’s Congress 2013 was something that was long overdue. I am yet to absorb the ‘explosion of knowledge and power’ that I experienced and when Anoop bhai said we could share our experiences I was glad to sit down and reflect. Many people asked questions like why …
Scam in Union Budget 2013-14: SCs swindled of Rs. 41,737 Crores, STs of Rs. 17,051 Crores
There is a Scam of Rs. 41,737 Crores for Scheduled Castes and Rs. 17,051 Crores for Scheduled Tribes in 2013-2014 Budget ~ Dr. Udit Raj, National Chairman, All India Confederation of SC/ST Organizations Dr. Udit Raj, National Chairman, All India Confederation of SC/ST Organizations said that in the Budget for 2013-2014 presented by the Finance …
Political Philosophy of B.R. Ambedkar: A Critical Understanding (Part 2)
Dr. P. Kesava Kumar Continued from here. Assessing the Political Thought of Ambedkar About Ambedkar there are diverse opinions. Upper caste nationalists has tried to brand him as a ‘British agent’. For instance, Arun Shourie, the Hindu nationalist and the “intellectual hero” of the upper castes at the time of the anti-Mandal agitation and …
The death of Anil Meena
Anoop Kumar (First published in The Indian Express in March, 2012, we’re reproducing this article on Dalit and Adivasi students’ suicides in India’s premier higher educational institutions to commemorate the death of Senthil Kumar, a student of University of Hyderabad, on 26th February, 2009) Suicides by Dalit and tribal students is a story of …
Reclaiming the Cinematic Space: Countering the Liberal Speech on Caste
Ajith Kumar A S Suddenly caste seems to take center stage of Malayalam cinema and the public sphere in Kerala. Everyone seems to be against caste as if all the progressives suddenly understand caste now. The CPM’s youth wing DYFI conducts a march to build up a “caste-less, secular” Kerala. The congress organizes “Gandhigram’ …
Mulnivasi Sangh, JNU, forges a first-of-its-kind Commemoration
A Round Table Discussion on “Celebrating Centenary of Babasaheb’s Journey to Columbia” [Via Amol Vajji] Babasaheb’s journey to Columbia in 1913 marks the completion of a century in 2013 which, according to Mulnivasi Sangh (JNU), must be celebrated by Mulnivasi people with great vigor and enthusiasm. With this jovial idea, the organization successfully organized …
Locating P K Rosy: Can A Dalit Woman Play a Nair Role in Malayalam Cinema Today?
Jenny Rowena I think this Rosy Memorial Lecture is a historically significant move for two important reasons. First of all it gives us a chance to remember and commemorate P K Rosy, the Dalit Chrisitan woman, who was the first heroine of the first film in Malayalam, Vigathakumaran, which was made and released by …