For An Informed Ambedkar Age
The Shared Mirror Publishing House Jai Bhim! As we enter the 126th birth year of Babasaheb Ambedkar, The Shared Mirror is honoured to publish a compilation of essays on the theme ‘What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means To Me’ as a freely downloadable e-book, to be made available very soon! For updates please follow our Facebook page!https://www.facebook.com/WhatBabasahebMeans/?pnref=story …
Pinak Banik Continued from Part 1 The purpose of the “Story of Nangeli” appearing on Facebook in Orijit Sen’s own words is:“This comics story is dedicated to Rohith Vemula (1989-2016), who, like Nangeli, chose death over a life of indignity.“ Tribute to …
Shafiullah Anis Introduction In the waiting room of a hospital in Jamia Nagar, Delhi, I came across The Companion magazine featuring Malcolm X and Rohith Vemula on the cover. This was March 2017 edition and had covered opinion pieces and articles on a range of issues such as disappearance of Najeeb from JNU, Education, …
Round Table India In this episode of the Ambedkar Age series, Round Table India talks to Dr Manisha Bangar, Vice President, BAMCEF. In the interview, Dr Manisha Bangar talks about a wide spectrum of current issues, and the Mulnivasi Bahujan perspective on them. She explicates the conceptual underpinnings of the Mulnivasi Bahujan movement, traces …
N Sukumar & Shailaja Menon In 1962, Paulo Freire created culture circles in Northeastern Brazil to support 300 sugarcane workers to teach each other how to read the word and their world in 45 days, which enabled them to register to vote. These Culture Circles that began with Sugar Cane workers, catalyzed thousands more. Each …
Pranav Kuttaiah “[Caste] is a local problem, but one capable of much wider mischief, for as long as caste in India does exist, Hindus will hardly intermarry or have any social intercourse with outsiders; and if Hindus migrate to other regions on earth, Indian caste would become a world problem.”1 ~Dr. B. R. Ambedkar …
Suresh RV [This article is written to clear the confusion in the minds of the young dalit-bahujan students and job aspirants, whether we should avail reservations or not? Or whether we truly deserve reservations or not? Because, I too have had this confusion, guilt and insecurity at one point of time in my life. …
Sruthi Herbert [Talk given at the Manchester Launch of Hatred in the belly: Politics Behind the Appropriation of Dr Ambedkar’s Writings, held on October 6th, 2016] It’s an honour to be on this stage with all the others who are here – both in this room and over skype. In these ten minutes, what …
ಹಾರೋಹಳ್ಳಿ ರವೀಂದ್ರ (Harohalli Ravindra) ಈ ದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಸ್ಲಿಂ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಗೊಂಡ ದಿನದಿಂದ ಇಲ್ಲಿಯ ತನಕವೂ ಆ ಸಮುದಾಯದ ಮೇಲೆ ಒಂದಿಲ್ಲೊಂದು ಆರೋಪ ಕೇಳಿ ಬರುತ್ತಲೇ ಇದೆ. ಮಹಮ್ಮದ್ ಘಸ್ನಿಯ ದಂಡಯಾತ್ರೆಯ ನಂತರ ದೆಹಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಲ್ತಾನರ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭವಾಯಿತು. ಅನಂತರ ಬಾಬಾರ್ ಲಗ್ಗೆ ಇಟ್ಟು ಮೊಘಲರ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭವಾಯಿತು. ನಿಜಾಮರು, ಬಹುಮನಿ ಸುಲ್ತಾನರು, ಕುತುಬ್ ಷಾಯಿಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ಮೈಸೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಟಿಪ್ಪು ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್, ಹೀಗೆ ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಈ ನೆಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲವರ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳಿರಬಹುದು. …