For An Informed Ambedkar Age
I write to you in connection with a ‘Fund Raising’ effort to help the victims (all Adivasi families) of a huge forest fire. This Natural Disaster occurred in the village of Shanigakunta, Mulugu district of Telangana in which about 40 families were badly affected and 40 huts were burnt to ashes on 28th of April, …
Nishant Kumar Dongre We very often hear about the deaths of manual scavengers on the internet. We mainly read about their deaths but not about the regular discrimination and exclusion practised against them because the media reports on their deaths but not on their daily life of subjugation and pain. In every report, we find …
The Blue Club After a resounding success last year, The Blue Club Media Fellowship launched again in 2022 on the 24th of April. This unique three-month national Fellowship program is open exclusively for Dalit women and queer persons interested in improving their writing, editorial, and publishing skills. Fellows will also receive a stipend of Rs …
Appeal to Human Rights and Ambedkarite Organizations to participate in fact-finding on the atrocities on Scheduled Castes in Bargarh District of Odisha and support financially the campaign for justice On 14/04/2022, at a bike rally on the eve of Dr B. R. Ambedkar was attacked by Bajrang Dal activists with swords and knives. Scheduled …
A folk song from Kerala translated by Sreekala Sivasankaran What kind of untouchability is this? The untouchability of the lords! Go away, go away The stumbling block, go away Go away, go away Even Pakkanar* has to go away! If the salt is sown, Would it sprout? And creep onto the fence? Then, what is …
A Rajeshbabu Born in a Hindu family, I grew up listening to the phrase ‘Matha Pitha Guru Deivam’ which emphasizes that mother comes first in the universe and everyone else comes next, even God. I often see various posts on social media that praise the teachings of Hindu society saying, we love and respect our …
ಆಹಾರ ನಮ್ಮ ಹಕ್ಕು–ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ Ahara Namma Hakku/Our food, our right Open letter released on 5th May 2022 As a group of concerned activists, doctors, nutritionists, parents, advocates and researchers, we are deeply concerned at the recent irrational attacks on the food habits and nutrition rights of people, in the form of laws, bans and calls to …
Anand Kshirsagar “The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent and that is power. Because they control the minds of the masses”. – Malcolm X This is especially true in the use of films by the ruling establishment of India. …
A Rajeshbabu On 15 August 1947, India got independence from British rule. People hoped to lead a respectful life free from all kinds of discrimination, unlike under British imperialism. However, the oppressed people were in despair because they felt that the oppressors had only changed their form. The Constituent Assembly drafted the constitution and provided …