Dr. R. Praveen Add a ‘g’ to old, it becomes gold, So they conveniently say “ old is gold” Old products rust and rot, But old memories, never far in time or space, For they can be summoned at will Or by solicitation of circumstances, On one such instance, …
Srilamanthula Chandramohan: an artist’s 11 year struggle against the Indian obscenity law and MS University
Round Table India Chandramohan has once again stirred up a storm at the M. S. University of Baroda. This award-winning artist was accused of obscenity in May 2007 for his paintings which he had made for his Masters Final Year presentation. Religious groups both Hindu and Christians protested against his ‘vulgar’ depiction of Jesus …
Another Khairlanji: Rajasthan’s Nagaur district is the new dalit slaughterhouse
Bhanwar Meghwanshi and Janani Sridharan The following is a detailed account of the happenings leading to and on the 14th of May 2015 at village Dangawas, describing an attack by the powerful Jats on dalits – murdering 4 of them by the use of tractors, molesting their women, seriously injuring several others and setting …
A language to counter caste predators
Asha Kowtal Nimma dabbalike mattu damanagaluNamma bidugade na tadiyalaravu . . . Your dominance and violenceCan never halt our liberation … ~ Dalit Sangharsh Samiti slogan in the 1980’s, across Karnataka The caste animals never cease for a moment to unleash violence against us, whom they constantly prey upon. It is a rabid gaze …