For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Chhotelal Kumar In general, Adivasis are also known as Tribals, as Aboriginal or Autochthonous people, or Vanvasi. The tribal population of the country, as per the 2011 census, is 104.3 million, constituting 8.6% of the total population. And only 10.03 % of the population live in urban areas. Several scholars have classified the tribal population—like …
Dr. Bhushan Amol Darkase Kanshiram tilled the earth Sowed the seeds of Sant Kabir, Phule, Ambedkar and many more Sprinkled enlightened labour— Sprouts of change germinated
Vinith Kumar This war that has now seemingly become normalized, thanks to all the noise on news channels, has had all of us wondering what it means for the world at large. Whether it would result in another world war, or if Russia will resort to using nuclear weapons, and so on. The inhuman …
Shiva Thorat This is a pre-watch review of Nagraj Manjule’s Jhund. It unravels the emotional outpouring for Jhund and the connection and belongingness felt with the lyrics of the song “Lafda Jhala Wakda Tikda”. It is also about a group of young people in the town of Shirpur who made enormous efforts to get a …
Milind Thokal Mahad, situated in Raigad district of Maharashtra, is historically significant as an ancient port city. The place achieved further importance after Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s revolutionary act of defiance following the upper caste Hindus refusal to implement the resolution passed in Bombay Legislative Council. On 4th August 1923, Rao Bahadur S.K. Bole, a …
Atul Rana Introduction Recently the Delimitation of electoral constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir has taken center stage in the evergoing political turmoil. For the first time in the history of Jammu and Kashmir, there were proposals for extending the reservation to the ST community in assembly seats[1]. Almost all regional parties criticized the practice for …
JS Vinay Nagraj Manjule is back and this time he is telling us unknown stories of courage via his first Hindi film Jhund that was released on 4th of March, 2022. Nagraj is known to portray people in the most sensitive way and his movies have had top class cinematography, music. This time, the …
Bodhi Ramteke Through the Digital India program, the Government claims to be transforming India into a digitally empowered society and a knowledge economy. The program is divided into 3 parts: 1. Digital Infrastructure as a Core Utility to Every Citizen, 2. Governance and Services on Demand and 3. Digital Empowerment of Citizens. Providing high-speed internet …
Neeraj Bunkar The movie Jhund is based on the life of Vijay Barse, who transformed the lives of slum children through football in Nagpur. Although the story of the movie is predictable, the way Nagraj weaves in anecdotes really takes it to another level. Nagraj Manjule, a committed storyteller, wrote and directed this movie …