For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Vinay Damodar The system of government of any country depends on the constitution of that country. The constitution is considered as the supreme law of the country as it broadly defines the nature of power in the country, the nature of the government, the rights and duties of the citizens, the relationship between the center …
Ankush Uttam Helode Gail Omvedt has described it as the ‘Problem of Entry’. What she means by ‘Problem of Entry’ is basically ‘getting jobs and getting land’ in the case of the workers and the peasants, respectively [Omvedt 1994]. It was this that concerned Dr. B.R. Ambedkar more than anything else. Consequently, he showed the …
Hritika Wasnik The Ambedkarite Students’ Association was founded in Hyderabad Central University (HCU), in 1993 by a small group of Dalit students. The idea behind forming an Ambedkarite organization was to address the issues of discrimination and harassment faced by the Dalit students in the university campus.
Soma Mandal In the recent ruling on the EWS verdict on November 07, 2022, the Supreme Court decided to enforce the 103rd Amendment, which grants 10 per cent reservation to some communities who are poor to uplift their social status. However, according to recently published data on November 02, 2022, by Sanyukta Kanwal, 45 million …
Dr Santhosh J. The Supreme Court’s verdict on the validity of the 103rd constitutional amendment or the 10% quota for the ‘poor’ among the so-called upper castes, instead of answering questions, raises many more further questions. The 3:2 majority verdict, at its core, fails to logically explain how the policy, which is individual centric and …
Sumeet Samos In the early 1990s, at the peak of Ram Janma Bhoomi movement and decline of Congress in various states, a new brand of politics from among the Backward Classes and Dalits took the centre stage which we interchangeably refer to as Mandal or social justice politics. This brand was not a homogenous group …
Dr. Anuradha Bele Navayana Buddhism – Context, Debates and Theories by Shaileshkumar Darokar, Subodh N.W. and Bodhi S.R: The Shared Mirror Publishing House, 2022, ISBN: 9788192993058 (Paperback) pp.vi to 120, INR 250. Navayana Buddhism – Context, Debates and Theories, is a 120 page book that engages with a path crafted by Dr. Ambedkar within the …
Vikas Parasram Meshram Our country, which aspires to be a global leader, is currently suffering from hunger to the point where it ranks lower than neighboring countries Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh in the 2022 Global Hunger Index. According to the report, India is ranked 107th out of 121 countries, while neighboring Pakistan is …
Reena Dongre Yes, India is a country with diverse cultures, religions, classes, castes, communities, and so on, this diversity itself is the reason for discrimination. Caste plays a vital role in one’s condition within India at every stage: educational, financial and social status.