The Shared Mirror is pleased to invite you for a discussion on ‘Hatred in the belly: Politics behind the appropriation of Dr Ambedkar’s Writings’ at JNU, New Delhi Date: 10TH January 2016 Time: 2.30PM To 6.00PM Place: School of Social Sciences-I Auditorium, JNU, New Delhi SPEAKERS
Do ‘The Hindu’ newspaper’s Photo Captions have Caste too?
Anoop Kumar (This article was first published on 27th July, 2009, on Insight blog) Today, while reading one of our national English dailies, The Hindu, I came across a news item regarding the rekindling of the Gujjar agitation in Rajasthan, demanding Scheduled Tribe status. They are holding a three day caste-panchayat to support their …
‘Excellence’ through Expulsion: A case of Arbitrary Merit vs Constitutional Mandate
(Preliminary) Fact Finding Report on Expulsion of SC/ST/OBC students from IIT, Roorkee 30th July 2015 – 1st August 2015 ~ National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights National Dalit Movement for Justice ~ Fact Finding Team: Anoop Kumar, Dilip C. Mandal, Gurinder Azad, Nidhin Shobhana and Shefali Saini Report Authored by: Nidhin Shobhana and Shefali …
The collective dilemma of the left, right and centre: What to do with Ambedkar?
Anoop Kumar (His speech at the ‘The Colonization of Ambedkar: Caste Politics behind Roy-Navayana’s Appropriation of Annihilation of Caste ~ A Discussion‘ held on 21st December, 2014, at University of Mumbai) My name is Anoop and I am not an academician or a very accomplished speaker so please excuse me if I am not …
Dear Hindu parties, how sincere is your love for Ambedkar and his ideals?
Anitya Sanket “If Hindu Raj becomes a reality then it would be greatest menace to this country. Whatever may Hindus say, actually it does not make a difference that Hinduism is a danger to Independence, Equality and Brotherhood. Thus, it is an enemy of democracy. We should make all out efforts to stop Hindu …
The Colonization of Ambedkar: Caste Politics behind Roy-Navayana’s Appropriation of Annihilation of Caste ~ A Discussion
The Colonization of Ambedkar: Caste Politics behind Roy-Navayana’s Appropriation of Annihilation of Caste ~ A Discussion Date: 21st December, 2014 Time: 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Venue: J. P. Naik Bhavan, University of Mumbai, Kalina Campus, Santacruz (East) Organised by ~ SC, ST, OBC Students and Teachers Association, University of Mumbai (special thanks to …
Roy-Navayana project: The critique so far
We have put together, for our readers’ convenience, this compilation of all the articles which have appeared on Round Table India so far (some more are yet to be published) on the Roy-Navayana project of appropriation of Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste. The articles have been listed in chronological order, with short excerpts from each article. …
The uniqueness of the Tsundur struggle
Anoop Kumar & Ashokan Nambiar [Published in INSIGHT, a Dalit students’ magazine, Jan-Feb 2005 issue, with the title ‘Following Tsundur: Taking stock of path to justice’] While preparing the last issue of Insight [Nov-Dec 2004] that was based on caste atrocities we were shocked at the poor conviction rate in the massacres of Dalits. …
Discussion on ‘Appropriation of Ambedkar’s writings and recent debates’
Dalit Panthers (Baroda) initiates a Discussion on: ‘Appropriation of Ambedkar’s writings and recent debates’ at 6.00 p.m on 14th April, 2014, at Ambedkar Bhavan, behind Alkapuri Arcade, R. C. Dutt Road, Alkapuri, Vadodara-390007. Participants