For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Srikanth Karan Untouchability is a lived reality for many Dalits in the interior villages of Karnataka, mostly in Tumkur, rural Bangalore and many other villages. I am sure this is the case across the country though hardly reported in the news. Only one out of a lakh incidents are reported or brought to light and …
ಬಂಕಿಮಚಂದ್ರ ಚಟ್ಟೋಪಾಧ್ಯಾಯರ ಕಪಾಲಕುಂಡಲ – ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣ್ಯದ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠತೆಯನ್ನು ಎತ್ತಿಹಿಡಿಯಲೆಂದೇ ರಚಿತವಾದ ಕೃತಿ – ಮಹಾಲಿಂಗಪ್ಪ ಆಲಬಾಳ. ಬಂಕಿಮಚಂದ್ರ ಚಟ್ಟೋಪಾಧ್ಯಾಯ 1866ರಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆದ “ಕಪಾಲ ಕುಂಡಲ” ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯನ್ನು ಸೊಂದಲಗೆರೆ ಲಕ್ಮೀಪತಿಯವರು 2015ರಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡಕ್ಕೆ ಅನುವಾದಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಕಾವ್ಯಕಲಾ ಪ್ರಕಾಶನ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಇವರು ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಿರುವ ಈ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಈಗ ಓದಲು ಸಿಕ್ಕಿತು. ಒಂದೇ ದಿನಕ್ಕೆ ಓದು ಮುಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿತು. ಈ ಕಪಾಲಕುಂಡಲ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ ಹಲವಾರು ಅನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿತ ತಿರುವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಗುತ್ತ ಓದುಗರನ್ನು ತುದಿಗಾಲ ಮೇಲೆ ನಿಲ್ಲುವಂತೆ …
Muhammed Jahfer A sacred fire was lit, around which priests who had come from Tanjore performed rituals and chanted hymns. ‘Tryst with destiny’ was delivered by Jawaharlal at time stipulated by Hindu astrologers. Following that, when the whole world fell asleep, India woke to freedom.1 The rituals that were associated with the foundation of the …
Dr. Ayaz Ahmad The specter of CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act), NRC (National Register of Citizens) and NPR (National Population Register) threaten to put our political democracy in peril. It seeks to drown the public sphere under hindu-muslim binary with the primary object of arresting democratic aspirations of Pasmanda Bahujan (SC, ST, and OBCs cutting …
Bobby Kunhu I have already received a lot of flak for the bits and pieces of opinion that I have expressed on social media, a collation of which is what I propose to write in this essay. At the outset, I would like to make it clear that my intention isn’t to undermine the …
Amit Kumar (This article was written on 13th January, 2018 in the wake of the press conference by four Supreme Court judges. Author feels that it has relevance now in the context of recent actions and inactions of the Supreme Court.) The four Senior Judges of Supreme Court of India, the so-called guardian of the …
Dr. R. Praveen If equality is the light at the end of the tunnel, social justice is the lantern that will guide us to it. The preamble to the constitution of India states that WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a 1[SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC] and to secure …
Hemangi Kadlak (Transcript of her speech at the National Convention on the Rights of Dalit Women Human Rights Defenders: ‘Dalit Women Speak’ on 17-18 January 2020, at HDRC, St. Xavier’s Campus, Ahmedabad) First of all, I would like to thank the organizers for inviting me to this conference on ‘Dalit Women Speak.’ Before coming to …
Anand Silodia Screening of Project Heartland – Short Films by Pratik Parmar Venue: Museum of the Moving Image, NYCTime: Friday, January 24, 7:30 PM Project Heartland is a collection of short documentary films by director Pratik Parmar telling the stories of Dalit-Bahujan folks across the Indian state of Gujarat, chronicling caste atrocities and acts …