For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Sudhanshu Singh Palasa 1978 is an excellent and rare example of Bahujan culture and agony depicted in mainstream cinema. There have been movies before that have depicted lives of the working class but none depicts their lives as well as culture with explicit truthfulness and a message that is like a ‘fusillade of pistol shots’. …
ഡോ. എം.ബി. മനോജ് ലോകത്തെ ഇന്ന് ഒരു മഹാമാരി പിടിമുറുക്കിയിരിക്കുന്നു. കൊറോണ എന്ന കോവിഡ്-19 എന്ന അവതാരമാണ് പ്രസ്തുത മഹാമാരി. രണ്ടാംലോക മഹായുദ്ധാനന്തരം ലോകം ഇത്രമാത്രം പ്രതിസന്ധിയിലൂടെ കടന്നുപോകുന്ന ഒരു സാഹചര്യം ഉണ്ടായിട്ടില്ല. ഒരു വൈറസ് ആകുന്നു ഇതിന്റെ പ്രധാനപ്പെട്ട കാരണക്കാരൻ. ലോകം അതിന്റെ ഒരു നൂറ്റാണ്ടിനടുത്തുള്ള അനുഭവത്തിൽ യാദൃശ്ചികവും അപ്രധാനവുമായി കരുതിയ സന്ദർഭങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നാണ് ഏറ്റവും വലിയ പ്രതിസന്ധിയിലേക്ക് വലിച്ചെറിയപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നത്. മരണം ഒന്നേകാൽ ലക്ഷം കഴിഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നു. രോഗബാധിതർ പതിനെട്ടു ലക്ഷത്തിനു മുകളിലാണ്. പുതിയ മേഖലകളിലേക്ക് രോഗം …
Chandra Bhan Prasad and Pushpendra Johar in a discussion: this is a part of the series of interviews, talks, articles that SAVARI and Round Table India are trying to put together to gather the Bahujan perspective on the Coronavirus pandemic. Date: 17 April 2020 Pushpendra Johar: Welcome to the discussion. I would like to …
(SAVARI and Round Table India are doing a series to put together the Bahujan perspective on the Coronavirus pandemic) Shashikant Humane Anuradha Bele: Dear Kaka, thank you for taking the time for the interview with RTI. We look to seniors like you to give us guidance about how young bahujans can channel their energies …
Mohd Owais Saleem Has lockdown led the marginalized or many other groups of India to severe alienation during COVID-19? Is it affecting the lives of groups and individuals? Being a student of sociology, this question always strikes me hard. Having been born and brought up in Delhi, it has been observed that the lives of …
Daulat Siraswal (SAVARI and Round Table India are doing a series to put together the Bahujan perspective on the Coronavirus pandemic) Pradnya: Jai Bhim Daulat, How do you look at the pandemic and the ongoing lockdown? Daulat: Jai Bheem, Corona (covid19) is currently widespread in the world. We cannot deny the fact that in India, although …
Dr. Manisha Bangar and Anwarul Hoda “I was very worried about some stories I heard that some people are blaming the epidemic on minorities… on Muslim minorities… even saying that it’s a deliberate act of terrorism… this is complete nonsense, is extremely dangerous… we don’t need more hatred, we need solidarity, we need love between …
Harishchandra Sukhdeve The world is at a standstill for almost more than three months now. And, nobody knows when the wheels of the economy will start turning again. Unprecedented. It had never happened before: all continents being shut down for human movement. Human beings are in self imposed cages to save themselves from the tiny …
Keerthi Nathan During the first week of April, there was a news report about a man who was reportedly killed for allegedly marrying outside his caste. The incident was reported to have taken place in a village in Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu. This alleged honor killing was carried out when the state was amidst …