For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Dalit-Bahujan Scholars The Vice Chancellor, University of Hyderabad, Prof. Ramakrishna Ramaswamy has signed and forwarded the “expert” recommendations – that tacitly fiddles with the existing norms governing the recruitment and promotion policies of faculty in the Department of Communication, S.N. School – to the UGC. These suggestions, when passed by the UGC and if …
[Via Ravi Chandran] On December 26, 2012, Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam will join hands with all other like minded progressive organizations who are concerned about annihilating caste, and agitate by burning down the Manu Dharma Shastra. Statement by Kolathur Mani: For more than 2000 years, the brahminical Manu Dharma was the one that was controlling …
Anu Ramdas We stand in solidarity with the gang raped student in Delhi, fighting for her life in the hospital. No, we are not going to say why no outrage for the rape and murder of the 8 year old dalit girl in Bihar, and why no outcry for the series of horrifying gang …
Condemn the attempt to sabotage UGC norms in faculty recruitment and promotion in Dept. of Communication, S.N.School, University of Hyderabad – Dalit-Bahujan Scholars, Hyderabad ~ Please sign this petition against the expert committee recommendations violating UGC norms in faculty recruitment and promotions at Dept. of Communication, S.N. School, University of Hyderabad, here at change.org. To …
Neel Kranti Media (First published in the ‘Dalit and Adivasi Students’ Portal’ in 2010) Born and brought up in a Haryana village, Dr Kaushal Panwar teaches Sanskrit in Delhi University. Her life is one of the most remarkable testimonies of human grit and determination towards achieving one’s goal despite insurmountable odds. Kindly tell us …
[Report translated from Tamil by Ratna Mala] Dharmapuri violence: Caste rage, devastation and looting Report of the Fact Finding team – consisting of Gambeeran, Yakkan, Yazhan Aadhi, K. Umadevi, Sridhar Kannan and Neerai Mahendran – on Dharmapuri caste pillage. “My friends’ mothers scolded in foul language and provoked them to set ablaze the cheri people’s …
Anoop Kumar Gujarat assembly elections are here, and Round Table India takes this as an opportunity to post an interview of French Scholar Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot that was first published by the Dalit students’ magazine ‘Insight Young Voices’ (Feb-March, 2008). This interview was taken by Anoop Kumar for the magazine on the eve of …
International Dalit Solidarity Network (IDSN) Press release A strongly worded resolution on caste discrimination in India was debated and adopted today by the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The Parliament condemned the high number of atrocities committed against Dalits in India and the Indian government’s insufficient action on the issue of caste discrimination. Copenhagen (IDSN), …
[Via Shanker Sampangi] Telangana Students’ Association (TSA) and Dalit Information and Education Trust (DIET) Cordially invite you for a Talk on “African American and Dalit Studies: Reflection on life narratives” to be delivered by Dr. Chinnaiah Jangam (Assistant Professor, Department of History, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada) Venue: Conference Hall, Administrative Building, EFL-University, Hyderabad. On Friday, 14th December, 2012, at …