For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Umar Nizar The Journal of Extreme Anthropology recently carried a study by an Indian academic on the forced movement of millions of migrant labourers and their families across the states, and mostly into the Gangetic Delta. The domain under consideration, for too long has been infected with the caste virus. The author of the …
Anurag Minus Verma Recently many of us have seen/read news about a few Indians thanking sanitation workers (read Dalits) with flowers for combating the corona pandemic on the streets. Such rare gestures look pleasant but this doesn’t change the fact that these are mere gestures1. It is no surprise that in these emergency times, many …
Ajit Kumar Lenka Currently, millions of people are affected by COVID-19 (coronavirus disease). The number of infected cases and deaths due to COVID-19 is increasing rapidly. As per the WHO data, more than two million people are affected and thousands of people have died from the coronavirus COVID-19 across the globe. In the case …
Ambedkar King Study Circle On Thursday April 16, 2020, the Ambedkar King Study Circle located in California, also known as AKSC, commemorated the 129th birthday of Babasaheb Dr. B.R Ambedkar. Due to the the COVID-19 virus outbreak and the nationwide shelter in place in order to prevent the spread, AKSC decided to commemorate the …
Thangminlal (Lalcha) Haokip My colleagues have often asked me why University students from the North East do not take an active part in students’ politics in mainland Indian Universities. Often times, I would find myself unable to answer this inquiry. Perhaps, a convenient straitjacket reply could be that since a majority of these students …
Naveen (Nijam) Gara India’s tryst with COVID-19 Pandemic began with a Nationwide lockdown on March 25, 2020. The shock and awe specialist Prime Minister Narendra Modi approached the issue with the same theatrics that he displayed during demonetization. Events that unfolded ever since have shown the utter disregard and rather disdain for the poor …
Neeraj Bunkar While the whole world is fighting with the Corona pandemic, India too has not been able to keep itself out of its grasp. On January 30th, 2020, the first case in India was reported in Kerala. The number rose to 3 by the February 5th, when some students returned to India from China’s …
Mahesh Wasnik Worldwide Ambedkarite Community Celebrated 193rd Mahatma Phule and 129th Dr. B R Ambedkar Jayanti online as a “Cyber Jayanti Celebration.” During the difficult time of the Covid-19 pandemic, worldwide Ambedkarite community celebrated 193rd Mahatma Phule Birthday and Dr. B R Ambedkar’s 129th birthday online via multiple social media platforms like skype, google hangout, fakebook, …
Dr. Narayan Bhosale People from nomadic communities did not understand the precise meaning of this lockdown during the period of pandemic. If they did, it was already late; if it wasn’t too late, then they were frustrated due to the helpless state it put them in. Nomadic communities have been stranded on the streets …