Joint Action Committee for Social Justice (UOH) 1. At a time when the legitimacy of Prof. Appa Rao to continue as Vice-Chancellor is in question, without attending to the protesting students who are on INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE, the absconding Vice-Chancellor and the Executive Committee met today (outside the campus) and issued a circular. We …
From shadows to the stars…
Rohith Vemula’s last message Good morning, I would not be around when you read this letter. Don’t get angry on me. I know some of you truly cared for me, loved me and treated me very well. I have no complaints on anyone. It was always with myself I had problems. I feel a …
What is actually happening in University of Hyderabad
R Ravi Kumar Dear friends, Hope by now you came to know of the unfortunate incident that took place in the University of Hyderabad. We shall not see this incident in isolation. Let me explain you in brief what triggered the series of events in HCU. The Ambedkar Students Association started their agitation against …
Social Boycott in UoH: The modern university as a caste enforcer
Round Table India Babasaheb Ambedkar ~The more common and the more effective weapons is the declaration of complete boycott against the offending Untouchables. The horrors of the boycott, which is merely another name for Gandhi’s ” noncooperation”, can hardly be adequately described. The Committee appointed by the Government of Bombay to inquire into the …
Suspension of 5 Dalit Scholars: The Brahminical Conspiracy of BJP Unravelled
In the year 2002, 10 Dalit scholars were rusticated by the University of Hyderabad administration for questioning the corruption by the then chief warden of UoH, who is presently the Vice-Chancellor posted by BJP led government. The ghosts of 2002 returned again to UoH in 2015. Five Dalit Research Scholars (Ph.D. students) were subjected to …
Social Boycott of Dalit Scholars: Locating caste in Modern context
Agnes Amala While Indians take pride in calming that the Art (15) of our constitution provides for “Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of Birth” yet there is very little evidence of its application across the higher education sector. In fact, five research scholars at University of Hyderabad (UoH), …
Why Brahmanwadi upper castes fear assertive Dalits
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 …
Arundhati Roy tilts towards Gandhi: Prof. K. Y. Ratnam
A report on the special discussion on ‘Politics of Publication and Introductory Paradoxes’ held on 28th March, 2014, in University of Hyderabad S Swaroop Sirapangi Dr B R Ambedkar Students’ Association (ASA), University of Hyderabad organized a special discussion over Navayana’s latest volume, ‘Annihilation of Caste: The Annotated Critical Edition’, which also includes an …
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 …