[Via Babasaheb Ambedkar Channel on social media] Caste of Staff displayed on College Website by Saraswati Social Work College of Washim, Maharashtra. Protest & write Email to the Principal regarding this act. ~~~
Beyond the Silence: Understanding Dalit-Bahujan Politics through Ayyankali and Narayana Guru
Ambedkar Students Association (A.S.A) would like to invite you to a talk on ‘Beyond Silence: Understanding Dalit Bahujan Politics Through Ayyankali and Narayana Guru‘
“Cultural Politics of Religious Festivals in India: The Popular and the Secular”
DABMSA, TSA, PDSU, BSF and TVV invite you for a Seminar and Discussion on “Cultural Politics of Religious Festivals in India: The Popular and the Secular” Speakers: Prof. Kancha Ilaiah, MANU University, Hyderabad
Warning: Ayyankali Ahead!
Ajith Kumar A S At Vellayambalam junction in Trivandrum, Ayyankali stands in the centre. We have to circle the Ayyankali square to get to our destinations. The heavy traffic in the junction may not help us to take a passing glance at the statue most of the time. But our politics would. That could never …
The Murder of Dalit-Bahujan King Mahabali and the Myth of Onam
James Michael (For Dalit Camera: Through Un-Touchable Eyes) Onam is the only national festival of Kerala that has assumed a universal secular character. Other popular festivals like Christmas or Bakrid are closely identified with particular religions like Christianity and Islam. Although many Keralities participate in non-Hindu festivals, Onam assumes its certain universality in terms of …
More of the Same in the Global India
Braj Ranjan Mani The tyranny of capitalism in India cannot be grasped, let alone resisted, in isolation from its wider social context. Capitalism is far more dangerous in India than in the Euro-America because of the culture and economics of caste. Today, India (after China and the US) has the world’s third largest middle class …
Massive Agitation of All-India SC/ST Employees for Reservation in Promotion
Nikhil Sablania 22 August 2012. Today, Rashtriya Dalit Panchayat and All India SC/ST Railway Employees Association held a mass rally at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to protest against the Uttar Pradesh government for accepting the Supreme Court order that declared as unconstitutional a section of the Uttar Pradesh Public Service (reservation for SC, ST …
Media Fellowship for Young Journalist
Karthik Navayan Action Aid needs a young journalist who is interested in social issues Action Aid, an international NGO, offers a Media Fellowship for a young journalist from Dalit, Minority, BC, women categories. The selected person will be given fellowship for one year initially. The fellowship holder has to write one article every month on …
Caste isn’t efficient or capable
Kuffir Aakar Patel explains why Brahmins and Vaishyas dominate India’s corporate boardrooms: My view has long been that these are our only two capable castes. It is largely from merit that they dominate. Pitted against such sheer unabashed racism, the arguments of the Sangh Parivar ideologue Gurumurthy, who has long been an advocate of caste …