For An Informed Ambedkar Age
ದಿನೇಶ್ ಅಮಿನ್ ಮಟ್ಟು (Dinesh Aminmattu) ನನಗೆ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾರು ರೋಲ್ ಮಾಡೆಲ್ ಅಂತ ಕೇಳಿದರೆ ಅದು ಬಾಬಾಸಾಹೇಬ್ ಅಂಬೇಡ್ಕರ್. ಇದನ್ನು ಬಹಳ ಸಂದರ್ಭಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದೇನೆ ಮತ್ತೇ ಅದನ್ನೆ ಹೇಳುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಬಾಬಾ ಸಾಹೇಬ್ ಅಂಬೇಡ್ಕರ್ ಅವರು ಸಂವಿಧಾನ ಶಿಲ್ಪಿ, ದಲಿತರ ನಾಯಕ, ಏನೆಲ್ಲಾ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅದರ ಜೊತೆ ಅವರೊಬ್ಬ ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತರೂ ಆಗಿದ್ದರು ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ನಾವು ಮರೆತಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ೧೯೨೦ ರಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂಕ ನಾಯಕ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಅವರು ಪ್ರಾರಂಭ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅದರ ಎಡಿಟೋರಿಯಲ್ ಗಳ ಒಂದು ಪುಸ್ತಕ …
Sanjeev Kumar and Babasaheb Kambale It’s very rare to witness the demolition of any space of Brahminical importance – for instance, spaces associated with Gandhi, Nehru, Savarkar, and Patel etc. However, it’s very common that the spaces belonging to historical figures who propounded fraternity, equality, freedom and justice for humanity such as Ambedkar, Phule, Periyar, and …
Arvind Bouddh Is India really a hindu-majority country? And is Hinduism really a religion? You may wonder why I am even asking such questions when they are already well established facts (wait, not facts but notions). Well, for you these are not notions but facts, for a person like me whose identity has always …
Sankalp Jayant On December 29th, 2015, DICCI (Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry), on its tenth anniversary, organised ‘National Conference for SC/ST Entrepreneurs’ to boost entrepreneurship among young Dalits. Previously, DICCI had taken the initiative of setting up an Entrepreneur Incubation Centre and a Venture Capital fund to promote SC/ST entrepreneurs. Chandra Bhan Prasad, …
Amar Khade On 11 July 1997, the Maharashtra State Reserve Police Force under Sub-Inspector Manohar Kadam, started firing on unarmed Ambedkarite protesters in Ramabai Nagar. In the police firing, 10 Ambedkarite were massacred. Their names are as follows: (1) Sukhdev Kapadne (2) Sanjay Nikam (3) Bablu Verma (4) Anil Garud (5) Kishore Kataranwar (6) …
Radhika Sudhakar In the Swathi murder case, as mainstream media increasingly plays the role of judge and jury, while evidence gathering, judgement based on facts and adherence to the rule of law takes a back seat, it does immense disservice to the victim’s rights as well as the accused’s rights. In the process, it also …
N A M Ismail It was my belief that similar to tigers, leopards, cats, dogs and wolves the majority of human beings were meat eaters. This had given me an extraordinary confidence that I could eat anything, that flies, except aeroplanes; that has four legs, except chairs and stools; that has two legs except humans; …
Sweta Yadav I have been a student of journalism; technically speaking, I hold a degree in Journalism and consequently have worked in many media houses, but had to resign every time. Sometimes because of the caste based prejudices, other times for not wanting to undermine my principles. In some of these places I also …
It has been raining awards and honours for young filmmaker Nishant Roy Bombarde‘s debut film ‘Daaravtha’: the ‘Best Debut Film of a Director’ at the 63rd National Film Awards, ‘Audience Choice Award’ at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA), ‘Best Short’ film at the New York Indian Film Festival, ‘Best Narrative Short’ …