For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Anurag Minus Verma For the last few weeks, nepotism and insider/outsider has become the trending topic. As an outsider who is working in the Mumbai industry for more than 5 years, I would like to add that the debate of nepotism is a simplistic debate. There are much deeper issues which are plaguing the industry …
Pranav Jeevan P There is an argument that is put forth often by people of privilege that not everyone who is privileged is naturally intelligent enough to be “woke” from reading and understanding the issues of discrimination and atrocities in the name of caste or class. So, the argument goes on to say that …
Shailesh Narwade Jayanti, for many, is merely a celebration of the birth anniversaries of socio-political thinkers who were instrumental in bringing social change of which our generation is a beneficiary. Some people see it as an occasion to eulogize and recollect the contributions of these great leaders. Though these modes of celebrating and remembering …
Dhamma Darshan Nigam The COVID-19 pandemic has made clearly visible the deep chasm of inequality in the Indian society: it is our Bahujan folks who are suffering the most. However, for the Brahminical media and academia (BMA), their suffering is just a “poverty” issue, they portray that people are suffering just because they are poor. …
Ambedkarite Students’ Association, TISS (Mumbai) Ambedkarite Students’ Association TISS released a report about online classes(A detailed report on how accessible the online class system is to the students.) 24-07-2020 On 18th July 2020, Ambedkarite Students’ Association, TISS Mumbai, has released a report on the newly proposed online-class method by the Tata Institute of Social …
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 …