Ambedkar King Study Circle On Thursday April 16, 2020, the Ambedkar King Study Circle located in California, also known as AKSC, commemorated the 129th birthday of Babasaheb Dr. B.R Ambedkar. Due to the the COVID-19 virus outbreak and the nationwide shelter in place in order to prevent the spread, AKSC decided to commemorate the …
Appropriating Guru Ravidas – Ignorance is bliss for Hindu Education Foundation, USA
Pardeep Attri In its recent demands of edits to the Instructional Quality Commission (which acts as an advisory body to the State Board of Education. California), the Hindu Education Foundation (HEF) sought that the Bhakti saints like [Guru] Ravidas and the Alvars be added to the list of examples. As per HEF, this was …
Ambedkarite Scholars Group’s Open Letter to California State Board of Education
Ambedkarite Scholars Group 3/16/2016 To:Instructional Quality CommissionCurriculum Frameworks and Instructional Resources Division (CFIRD)California Department of Education1430 N Street, Room 3207Sacramento, CA 95814Tel: 916-319-0881;Fax: 916-319-0161Email: hssframework@cde.ca.gov Re: History–Social Science Framework for California Public Schools Dear Members of the Instructional Quality Commission, We write as a group of scholars whose work is focused on the issues …
Lion in sheep’s clothing: Hindu Right poses as ‘Progressive’ in America
Vinay Bhat “As long as caste in India does exist…and if Hindus migrate to other regions on earth, Indian caste would become a world problem.” ~ Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development As part of the periodic textbook review process (which occurs every six years), the California State Board …