Manoj Abhigyan On June 06, 2020, a sad news popped up on my mobile that Bauddhacharya Shanti Swaroop Bauddh was no more. He was 71. For the past several days, he was fighting with the corona virus disease at Delhi’s Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital. The warrior dealing with all the hassles and challenges …
Statement in support of twelve Bhima Koregaon activists
We the undersigned twenty two organizations strongly condemn the shameful imprisonment of public intellectuals and social justice defenders, Dr. Anand Teltumbde and Mr. Gautam Navalakha, who’ve been in custody since April 14, 2020. Dr. Teltumbde & Mr. Nalvlakha join nine others – journalists, lawyers, writers, academics & organizers- Surendra Gadling, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, …
ಸ್ತ್ರೀವಾದವು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣವಾದ – ಭಾಗ ೧
ಸ್ತ್ರೀವಾದವು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣವಾದ – ಭಾಗ ೧ ಅನು ರಾಮದಾಸ್ ಇದು ‘ಸ್ತ್ರೀವಾದವು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣವಾದ’ ಎಂಬ ಪ್ರಾಥಮಿಕ ಭಾಷಣದ ಲೇಖನವಾಗಿದೆ ಮೊದಲಿಗೆ , ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು. ನಿಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲರನ್ನೂ ನೋಡಿ ತುಂಬಾ ಖುಷಿಯಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ . ಈ ಅವಕಾಶಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು. ಇಂತಹ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ವಿಷಯದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮಾತನಾಡುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ನನಗೆ ಕಷ್ಟವೆನಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ. ನಾನು ಜಾತಿಯನ್ನು ಅರ್ಥಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಬಯಸಿದಾಗಿನಿಂದ, ಪ್ರತಿ ಬಾರಿ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಯನ್ನು ರೂಪಿಸಲು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಗ, ಅದು ಸ್ತ್ರೀವಾದದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಘರ್ಷಣೆಯಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಯಾರಾದರೂ ಹೇಳುವ ಮೂಲಕ ತಳ್ಳಿ ಹಾಕುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು .ಅದು ಕೇಳುವ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲ, ಏಕೆಂದರೆ …
Bharat vs India: Understanding Debates of Naming Through Ernest Gellner and Anthony D Smith
Vidyasagar Recently, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea which sought a direction to the Central government to amend the constitution to change the official name of the country from India to Bharat. This plea claimed that “the removal of the English name, though appears symbolic, will instill a sense of pride in …
Dalit Women in Higher Education in Odisha
Saraswati Suna “I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.” ~ Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Education is a path for equal opportunity and ensures possibilities for individual growth, social mobilities and economic empowerment to the oppressed, Dalit and marginalized communities. However, education throughout Indian history has only …
Migrant Tears in Untouchable India
Mungamuri Kranthi Kumar Corona doesn’t know any Caste or Religion, Says Hindutva. It is a blatant lie, It is Brahminical Morality Mocking thousand of years of Bahujan pain and agony. Caste Hindus snatched my land Tortured and killed me in my Untouchable village; Thousands of years of Caste Hindu Untouchability Thousands of years of Caste …
Necessity of representation: a Tribal woman vice chancellor in India
Swapnil Dhanraj When was the last time India celebrated a success story of a woman coming from a Tribal community in Indian academia? If we think about the manner in which Indian education system has dealt with the issues of Dalits, Tribals and other marginalised communities, it appears that those issues have been represented and …
Feminism is Brahminism
Anu Ramdas This is the transcript of a preliminary talk on the topic of feminism is brahminism. First, thank you. It is so lovely to see all of you. Thank you for the opportunity. And I am not at all happy to be talking about this topic at such a time. Ever since I wanted …
Modi, BJP, Sangh Parivar and gang spell callousness
Sundeep Pattem (SAVARI and Round Table India are doing a series to put together the Bahujan perspective on the Coronavirus pandemic) [The conversation was recorded on April 12, 2020] Anu Ramdas: Give me a big picture of how information flows in the US, between the federal government and state governments and how people receive …