P V Vijay Kumar An attack on the screening of the documentary, “Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai” in one of the colleges in Delhi and subsequent intimidation of Dalit students at University of Hyderabad, gathered under the umbrella of “Ambedkar Students Association”, staging a protest- these two incidents, though quite common forms of “intolerant ” and …
Baba Saheb Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Ji & Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Ji Birth Anniversary Celebration
Baba Saheb Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Ji & Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Ji Birth Anniversary Celebration On Thursday, 11th April, 2013, From 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Gandhi Bhawan, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Ambedkar Students’ Association (ASA), Panjab University, Chandigarh, is organizing a Public Lecture on the auspicious occasion of the Birth Anniversaries of Bharat Ratan Baba Saheb Dr.B.R.Ambedkar & Mahatma Jayotiba …
Raju Pulyala’s martyrdom: Ambedkar Students Association appeals to all students
[Via Prashant Kamla] Ambedkar Students Association (ASA), University of Hyderabad, appeals to all SC, ST, OBC and Minorities students and Dalit students organisations in various universities all over the India to condemn and show their resentment against this systemic killing of Scheduled Caste students in University of Hyderabad. Till what point of time they …
Students burn Manusmriti on Manusmriti Dahan Diwas in University of Hyderabad
[Via Anji Vikarabad] On December 25th, 2012, students in University of Hyderabad, led by the Ambedkar Students’ Association (ASA), burnt a copy of the Manusmriti in the campus, which they called the ‘most notorious’, ‘barbaric’ religious text ever produced. 25th December is an auspicious day in the history of Dalitbahujan struggles because it was on …
Non-Implementation of Reservation policy in University of Hyderabad: A Report
Report on Non-Implementation of Reservation policy inUniversity of Hyderabad (A case study of 2011-12 Admissions) ~ Ambedkar Students’ Association [Via Arun Asokan] Non-Implementation of Reservation Policy in P.G Courses for the year 2011-12 University of Hyderabad has a clear-cut policy of ‘no cut-off marks‘ for admission into P.G Courses, which means that the seats …
I want to motivate our students to join universities: Narinder Jakhu
Neel Kranti Media (First published in the ‘Dalit and Adivasi Students’ Portal’ in 2010) Narinder Jakhu, age 31, is pursuing his PhD at Department of Political Science, Punjab University, Chandigarh and is also teaching there as a guest faculty. He is a JRF scholar working on the issue of Dalit Assertion, Mobility and Atrocities in …
Beyond the Silence: Understanding Dalit-Bahujan Politics through Ayyankali and Narayana Guru
Ambedkar Students Association (A.S.A) would like to invite you to a talk on ‘Beyond Silence: Understanding Dalit Bahujan Politics Through Ayyankali and Narayana Guru‘
Dalit Feminism
M. Swathy Margaret (First published in the March-April 2005 issue of Insight Young Voices magazine) I am a Dalit-middle-class, University educated, Telugu speaking Dalit-Christian-Woman. All these identities have a role in the way I perceive myself and the worlds I inhabit. I, as a Dalit woman, primarily write for Dalit women to uphold our …