Bobby Kunhu “There is no escape – we pay for the violence of our ancestors” – Frank Herbert It has been the fate of every radical social and political activist in history from Jesus to Ambedkar to Malik el-Shabbazz to be mistreated by their peers during their lifetime and to be celebrated and coopted …
How to turn a murder into suicide: Sumitra Bhave’s ‘Kasav’
Rahul Gaikwad Every now and then one comes across some or the other celebrated so-called progressive leader/writer/activist who turns out to be absolutely shallow, superfluous and even hypocritical upon closer examination. This has been the case with Vijay Tendulkar and his Kanyadaan drama; or Pandit Anand Patwardhan’s Jai Bhim Comrade where he portrayed Ambedkarite assertion …
The caste of election analysis
Bobby Kunhu “Christ is born, my wise Solomon, my wretched pen-pusher! Don´t go picking things over with a needle! Is He born or isn´t He? Of course He is born, don´t be daft. If you take a magnifying glass and look at your drinking water-an engineer told me this, one day – you´ll see, …
మరణం లేని నీలి విప్లవం
Kranthi Kumar Mungamuri (ముంగమూరి క్రాంతికుమార్) ఉత్తర్ ప్రదేశ్ యువ బహుజన కార్యకర్త యశ్ పాల్ గౌతం మరణం లేని నీలి విప్లవం నా పేరు మరణం లేని నీలి విప్లవంసమానత్వం కోసం బహుజన తల్లి పురిటినెప్పుల నుండి జన్మించినవాడినిప్రాచీన కాలపు బుద్ధుడిని, మానవత్వపు దిగంబరుడినివర్తమాన సమాజంలో యశ్ పాల్ గౌతమునిబహుజన వారసత్వాన్ని భుజాలపై ముద్దాడినవాడినిఏసు ప్రభువు వలె విముక్తీ నినాదాలను గుండెల్లో నింపుకునికుల రక్కసి రాజ్యాలపై నృత్యం చేసినవాడినివిలాస్ గోగ్రే విప్లవ పాఠాలను గ్రామ గ్రామాన భోధించినవాడినిఅందుకే …
Palasa 1978 – A saga of Courage and Revolt
JS Vinay I got the chance to watch the Telugu movie ‘Palasa 1978’ on Amazon Prime a few days back. Though I am from Maharashtra, I like to see films on anti-caste assertion in different languages. Will try to get straight to some key points: The movie is set in a small town called Palasa …
End Casteism in IITs
The Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle (APPSC), IIT Bombay It is amidst desolate cries and the numbing daily reports of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic raging across the nation, that we all have witnessed a video recording of an online class for the Prep English Course (IITs Preparatory Course for SC/ST and …
In a time of public crisis, how important are elections to a democracy?
Niharika Singh With the eighth and final phase in Bengal only now concluded, India conducted another local election amidst a collapsing healthcare infrastructure, administrative miscalculations and immense scheming. It appears that the world’s largest democracy and its rulers aim for an electoral win over any collateral damage, a term that arose in the 1960s. …
Babasaheb and Labour
Gaurav Somwanshi Today, let us understand Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s contribution to labour welfare in 10 examples. These are taken from a variety of sources, but primarily from BAWS volumes. The quoted portions are taken directly from the mentioned sources, while the additional commentary is made by me without the quotes. Babasaheb & Labour- 1 …
Manifestation of Power Dynamics in Higher Educational Institutions during the Pandemic
Annesha Mukherjee, Satyaki Dasgupta and K Chandra Shekar The outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020 saw a number of reports highlighting the plight of students in the country because administrations of higher educational institutions asked them to vacate their hostels. In this light, we conducted a survey among students in September using Google …