For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Kalinga Mitra Trust (KMT) In 2006, graduates of Nagarjuna Training Institute and other Ambedkarite students began organizing around the issue of education in the western part of Odisha. In 2012, they formed the ‘Kalinga Mitra Trust (KMT)’, an organization that works with Ambedkarite Buddhist ideology to build a movement for bringing about social and educational …
Kavita Chohan There is a false perception among Indians that Dr. Ambedkar’s work addresses the concerns of Dalits and Dalit women only. This perception is not only found among those from “upper” castes, but also within the Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and women from the “upper” castes. Thus, the legacy of Dr. Ambedkar …
Nabanita Roy After an easy search, I entered the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) website, the Indian government agency responsible for collecting and analyzing crime data, and landed up finding a downloadable pdf, reading ‘Crime in India-2017 Statistics’. And the date at once seemed very contemporary and relevant for understanding the pattern of crime, …
Ajmal Khan (After Mahmood Darvish in Palestine, Aga Shahid Ali in Kashmir and the Mia poets in Assam) Write me downI am an IndianWrite it downMy name is AjmalI am a Muslimand Indian citizenWe are seven at homeall are Indian by birthDo you want documents? Write me downthat I am an IndianI am a MoplahMy …
Mohammad Javed Alig An extremely controversial, polarised and much-heated debate on Citizenship Amendment Bill is at the centre of local and intellectual discussion. It seeks to amend the Citizenship Act of 1955, aimed at making non-muslim refugees from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan eligible to apply for Indian citizenship if they faced any persecution there on …
Sheetal Dinkar Asha Kamble The last 12 years’ experience of working on the issue of violence against women gave me the insight to deeply understand gender and caste politics. From 2007 to 2011, I worked with Maharashtra police on the issue of violence against women. I was placed at the Special Cell for Women and …
Dr. Ravichandran Bathran At the outset, untouchability or caste is never an issue until it takes lives. Similarly, the wall is in discussion, also, only due to the lives it took. The collapse of the 20 feet high and 80 feet long wall in #Nadoor a small village situated in Mettupalayam has attracted a …
Sruthi Herbert Last week, social media saw an outburst from a couple of women who identify as feminists. They felt that the caste/gender question had been not been sufficiently addressed in their campus spaces, and that men had been stifling them, particularly the men active in anti-caste groups. What, in all probability, have been …
Rahul Sonpimple Kuffir: Jai Bhim Friends. Welcome to Ambedkar Age. In this episode of the series, we speak to Rahul Sonpimple, a key member of the Birsa Ambedkar Phule Students Association(BAPSA) in JNU. Welcome Rahul, Jai Bhim! Could you tell us what BAPSA is all about? What is the purpose and motive and what …