For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Amarjit Singh [Excerpt from the talk given at SOAS event of the launch of Hatred in the belly: Politics behind the appropriation of Dr Ambedkar’s writings] 1. Thank you for coming. Since I am not a scholar, but an activist, I am going to be direct. 2. First couple of points of …
Praveen Tulasi This write up is in response to a facebook debate which popped up after Manikanta a BAPSA activist posted the below picture. Image: Debate, Depiction and Disturbance Excerpts from the Debate: While Zeeshan Hussain commented that ‘good no. Dalits and Muslims are getting united slowly. lets keep the memory alive. lets …
United Dalit Students’ Forum JNU (UDSF-JNU) Remembering Babasaheb on his 61st Mahaparinivan Diwas 14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956 On this Mahaparinirvan day when we remember Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, we must not forget the dreams of an egalitarian society which Babasaheb envisioned. In the present day Indian society we witness crimes which vehemently …
ಡಾ.ಎನ್. ಚಿನ್ನಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಸೋಸಲೆ (Chinnaswamy Sosale) ಮೈಸೂರು ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನದ ಇಂದಿನ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಭಾಗಕ್ಕೆ ಬಾಬಾ ಸಾಹೇಬ್ ಅಂಬೇಡ್ಕರ್ ಅವರ ತತ್ವಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತಗಳು ಪ್ರವೇಶವಾಗುವುದು 1970ರಿಂದೀಚೆಗೆ. ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಪಡೆದ ಮೊದಲ ತಲೆಮಾರಿನ ದಲಿತ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣವಂತರು ಹಾಗೂ ಸಾಹಿತಿಗಳು ಅಂಬೇಡ್ಕರ್ ಅವರ ಜಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಾಂಧಿಯನ್ನು ಕಾಣುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅಥವಾ ಗಾಂಧಿ ಅವರನ್ನು ಕಾಣುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಲಾಯಿತು ಎಂದರೆ ನನ್ನ ವಿಷಯ ಮಂಡನೆಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಸತ್ವ ದೊರಕಬಹುದಾಗಿದೆ. ಮೊದಲ ತಲೆಮಾರಿನ ದಲಿತರು ಶಿಕ್ಷಣವಂತರಾಗಲು ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಕಾರಣಕರ್ತರು ಮೈಸೂರು ಸಂಸ್ಥಾನದ ಸಮಯ ಸಾಧಕತನದ …
Dr Manisha Bangar NVP BAMCEF In India, and wherever in the world Caste exists, Ambedkar and Marx will remain Irreconcilable. Starting from the happenings in Hyderabad Central University in August 2015 when the students of ASA were ostracized, more so from the time of the Institutional murder of Rohith Vemula in January 2016, from …
Prabuddha Council, JNU “Religion in the sense of morality must remain the governing principle of every society” – Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. Engendering violence of any kind, anywhere, is a great threat to humanity as well as the environment. Suffering pervades all and is causal to the deteriorating conditions of society. Hope seems to be …
Guru Murthy and Mahesh Sosle Dalit Students Federation, University of Mysore The progressive thinkers, cultural personalities and social activists gave a new dimension to the history of Mysuru by celebrating ‘Mahisha Dasara’ on September 29, 2016 organised by Dalit Welfare Trust in association with Backward Class Association, Mysore University Dalit Students and Research scholar Federation …
A.K.D. Jadhav Chetan Bhagat’s article “Creaming the People” (TOI October 3, 2015) is a piece with the general stream of thinking in educated upper middle class India. In terms of its response to the genesis and consequences of reservations this stream of thinking is based on certain fundamental but fallacious assumptions regarding the raison …
Prof. P. Kesava Kumar Bojja Tharakam (1939-2016), a Dalit leader of high eminence, passed away on 17th September 2016. He was a well-known Dalit leader with multiple facets to his personality. He left his mark on most of the democratic struggles of Telugu society in post independence India. He was a people’s leader, civil …