For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Salman Farissi COVID-19 hit India in March 2020. Nationwide lockdown prohibited all forms of political or religious congregations. Protesters on the streets of India against CAA, NRC, and NPR retreated as responsible human beings but the deep state and the Indian state (RSS-BJP) seem to have been searching for their prey hiding in the lurches. …
ಬಾಣಭಟ್ಟನಿಗೊಂದು ಚಿತ್ರ ಅನು ರಾಮದಾಸ್ ಹಿಂದೊಮ್ಮೆ, ನಾನು ಶೂದ್ರ ಸಂತ-ಕವಿ ಸರಲದಾಸ ಬರೆದ ಒರಿಯಾ ಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಅನುವಾದವನ್ನು ಹುಡುಕುತ್ತಿದ್ದೆ. ಸರಲ ಅವರ ಗಂಗಾ ಕೇಂದ್ರದಲ್ಲಿಟ್ಟು ಆಯ್ದ ಭಾಗವನ್ನು ಶೇರ್ಡ್ ಮಿರರ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಪೋಸ್ಟ್ ಮಾಡಲು ನಾನು ಉತ್ಸುಕನಾಗಿದ್ದೆ, ಹೀಗೆ ನಾನು ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯ ಮತ್ತು ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲ ಹುಡುಕಾಟಗಳನ್ನು ಸಂಯೋಜಿಸುವಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರತನಾಗಿದ್ದಾಗ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣ ಕವಿ ಬಾಣ ಭಟ್ಟನು ಬರೆದ ಕವಿತೆಯೊಂದರಿಂದ ದಾರಿ ತಪ್ಪಿದೆ. ನಾನೀಗ ಈ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣ ಕವಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಪ್ರೀತಿಯಿಂದಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಇಲ್ಲ, ನಿಜವಾಗಿಯೂ ಅಲ್ಲ, ಬೇಸರವಂತೂ ಖಂಡಿತ ಆಗಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ, ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ …
Sruthi Herbert (Round Table India and SAVARI have been hosting a series of online talks by activists and thinkers on issues of importance to the Bahujan. This is the transcript of Dr Sruthi Herbert’s talk on June 13th, 2020) Hi everyone! Thank you all for being here to have this discussion. The topic for …
Suresh RV (SAVARI and Round Table India are doing a series to put together the Bahujan perspective on the Coronavirus pandemic) Anu Ramdas: Welcome Suresh. Thank you for taking the time to do this. Suresh Ravichandran: Thank you for this opportunity. Anu: The question that I have for you is, we find ourselves in …
Radhika Sudhakar The Jeyaraj, Bennix case is not the first gruesome custodial murder case in Tamil Nadu, this state has a long history and a terrible record, just as every other state in India. The gruesome torture and murder of the father and son by the police attached to the Sattankulam police station and …
Archana Sigh & Arvind Mr Markandey Katju in an article for FirstPost worried about the cause of Scheduled Castes, saying reservations are psychological crutches for them and the caste system is perpetuated by reservations. He wrote this article in reply to the article of Kailash Jeengar, Asst Professor of Law, Campus Law Centre, Delhi …
Dr Manisha Bangar (Round Table India has been hosting a series of online talks by activists and thinkers on issues of importance to the Bahujan. This is the transcript of Dr Manisha Bangar’s talk on July 25th, 2020) Thank you so much for inviting me to give this very important talk, ‘COVID-19 and the failures …
Himanshu Patil Chotelal Diwakar and his son Sunil went out for a walk around noon. Little did they know that the walk would be their last. The Samajwadi Party leader and his son were shot later that day over a dispute related to the construction of a road which allegedly crossed through the fields owned …
Amit Kumar On the morning of 8th July 2020, the nation woke up to the news of vandalism[1] on Rajgruha, the residence of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in Mumbai. Like most of the news related to him, this story may also have been shoved under the carpet as a city crime, merely. However, there is …