Hugo Gorringe & D. Karthikeyan, University of Edinburgh Speaking at a memorial to honour the memory of Dalits killed by casteist fanatics in Melavalavu last month, Thol. Thirumavalavan, the leader of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) called for ‘a mass movement’ to protect the rights and dignity of Dalits in the state. A catalogue …
Struggles of the Scheduled Caste Liberation Movement in Tamil Nadu
Struggles of the Scheduled Caste Liberation Movement (SCALM) as the Strengths to be Agents of Dalit History (Transcript of the Speech delivered at the Intellectual Circle for Dalit Actions’ Meet on 28th April, 2013, in Madurai) Anbuselvam 100 years ago Dr. Ambedkar left India on 15th June 1913 for studies at Columbia University, becoming …
UP Heading for Dark Age
Raj Kumar Ever since the change of government in Uttar Pradesh in the month of March 2012, the state is witnessing very bizarre, obscurantist and lamentable politics and some of the decisions of new government are profoundly baffling to democratic civilized society. The people of Uttar Pradesh voted Samajwadi Party (SP) to power with …