For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Yashwant Zagade During my masters programme, after class one day, I was having tea with my classmates. We were discussing about the research topic for our masters programme. An upper caste friend of mine expressed interest in working on the plight of Dalits. My other Dalit friend responded by asking, “Why don’t you rather …
Amnesty International India Statement released by Amnesty International India Bangalore11 May 2017 A recent order by the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes to the District Magistrate in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh directing action in cases of unlawful transfer of Adivasi land is a positive move, said Amnesty International India today. On 9 May, the National Commission …
Rajunayak Vislavath Let me begin with a story about demonetisation that affected a tribal woman Sukli in a village called Bhatu Pally, a small adivasi hamlet in Warangal District, Telangana. It is situated nearly 100 kilometers away from the old district headquarters and nearly 25 kilometres away from the newly formed district called Jaya …
Santosh Kumar Thomas Isaac, the Finance minister of Kerala had declared in the budget that flats/apartments shall be constructed within a year and given to one lakh people in Kerala who do not have a proper home. This was also one of the budget declarations that were celebrated quite a lot in the media …
Akash Poyam When I was first enrolled in school my parents named me ‘Akash Kumar’, this remained until middle school when it was changed to ‘Akash Kumar Prasad’ and it had since then continued. After using ‘Poyam’ for almost a year on social media, I finally decided to officially change it. I belong …
ಜನರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಪ್ರದಾನ ಸಮಿತಿ & ಡಾ. ಎ ಎಸ್ ಪ್ರಭಾಕರ ಆತ್ಮೀಯರೇ, ನಾಡಿನ ತಳಸಮುದಾಯಗಳ ಸಾಕ್ಷಿಪ್ರಜ್ಞೆಯೊಬ್ಬರೆಂದೇ ಹೇಳಬಹುದಾದ *ಜೇನುಕುರುಬರ ಸೋಮಣ್ಣ* ಅವರಿಗೆ ಲಾಭಿಕೋರ, ಭ್ರಷ್ಟವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯು ಅನ್ಯಾಯವೆಸಗಿ, ಅಪಮಾನಿಸಿದೆ. ಈ ಸಲದ ರಾಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿಗೆ ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಆದವರ ಪಟ್ಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆದಿವಾಸಿ ಸಾಧಕ, ಅವಿರತ ಹೋರಾಟಗಾರ, ಅದ್ಭುತ ಪ್ರತಿಭಾವಂತ ಸೋಮಣ್ಣ ಅವರ ಹೆಸರಿತ್ತು. ಇದನ್ನು ನೋಡಿ ನಾಡಿನ ನೂರಾರು ಪ್ರಜ್ಞಾವಂತ ಮನಸುಗಳು ಸಂತಸಗೊಂಡು ಸೋಮಣ್ಣ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಅಭಿನಂದನೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದವು. ಅದರೆ, ಕಾಣದ ಕೈಗಳು ಇದ್ದಕ್ಕಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಸೋಮಣ್ಣ …
Rajesh Chandra Kumar It is not whether we win or lose. The main thing is that we had to show our presence in the so- called progressive institution of JNU with the slogan of our forefathers –Jai Birsa, Jai Phule and Jai Bhim. This time, the opposition feared BAPSA, and salute to BAPSA for …
Dhrubo Jyoti I have never been a big fan of presidential-style debates or Jawaharlal Nehru University. The former almost always reduces social justice to grandstanding and the number of hunger strikes while the latter takes itself too seriously as the citadel of equality, never mind the festering casteism, sexism and homophobia. Therefore, when I …
Rahul Punaram Sompimple (Following is a rough transcription and translation of Rahul Sonpimple’s speech for the Presidentital election at JNUSU delivered on 8th September, 2016. Parts of the speech had to be omitted owing to lack of a fully audible video and disturbances) {youtube}zh5Dt3Ee1eI{/youtube} To all the people that have come here for the …