For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Hany Babu MT The letter dated 5 March 2018 from the University Grants Commission (UGC) to the higher educational institutions regarding the implementation of reservation in teaching posts has once again made it abundantly clear that those who are at the helm of affairs in the Ministry of Human Resources (MHRD) and the UGC have …
प्रा. श्रावण देवरे शिर्डी येथे 27 व 28 जानेवारी रोजी दोन दिवसांची ‘’ओबीसी जनगणना परिषद’’ संपन्न होत आहे. या परिषदेत प्रा. श्रावण देवरे लिखित ‘’ओबीसी जनगणनाः संसदिय जीवघेणा संघर्ष’’ हे पुस्तक प्रकाशित होत आहे. त्या निमित्ताने पुस्तकातील काही भाग आपल्या वाचकांसाठी देत आहे— संपादक भारताला स्वातंत्र्य मिळाले 15 ऑगस्ट 1947 ला! परकीय सरकार जाऊन स्वकीयांचे …
Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi (Excerpts from Aap-Beeti (Autobiography) by Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi. 1978. Lucknow: Maktaba-e Firdaus. Translated by Ajmal Kamal.) Maulana Abdul Majid Daryabadi (16 March 1892 – 6 January 1977) was an Indian Muslim writer and a renowned exegete of the Qur’an. Daryabadi was actively associated with the Khilafat Movement; Royal Asiatic …
Lecture organized by Pasmanda Students in collaboration with Syahi Literary Society, Students Union, on 27 January 2018 At Library Conference Hall, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai Caste in Muslim Theology by Masood Alam Falahi Professor, Department of Arabic,Khwaja Moinuddin ChishtiUrdu, Arabi-Farsi University,Lucknow Islam is an egalitarian religion. It does not believe in …
Sthabir Khora Recently 4 judges of the collegium in the Supreme Court accused the chief justice of misuse of his discretion. (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/live-updates-unprecedented-press-conference-by-4-senior-sc-judges/articleshow/62470543.cms). In this context, Upendra Baxi, quotes the Austrian jurist Eugene Ehrlich- “The best guarantee of justice lies in the personality of the judge.(http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/when-judges-dissent-supreme-court-crisis-5029057/). It’s not difficult to imagine what he is fending …
Deepika Parya & Sahil Barhate The presence of caste discrimination in Indian Universities predates independence. The introduction of National Law Schools was necessitated by the dearth of competent legal professionals in the country. However, inaccessibility to these institutions is not only marked by the so-called ‘entrance tests’ but also the unjust structures that are …
Sanjay Patil So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.~ Dr. B. R. Ambedkar I was truly humbled by the response my last RTI article elicited. I will not be lying if I say that I had written many articles …
Rajesh Rajamani Recently, when ‘Kabali’ director Pa Ranjith introduced ‘The Casteless Collective’, an initiative that attempts to politicize and mainstream ‘Gaana’ music (considered to be a musical form of the oppressed), he was accused of bringing caste into art. Popular Tamil singer Srinivas from the Iyengar community rubbished the initiative on his social media …
Dr. Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy Valedictory Speech delivered at Vidrohi Sahitya Sammelana held on 24-12-2017 in Shahada, Nandurbar district, Maharashtra Hon. President of the Sammelana, the dignitaries on the Dais and the august literary audience before me. I am extremely happy to be present here today for two reasons. One is my poems are getting published …