For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Anand Silodia “What happened to you?” Vishal asked me. “What did you experience that set you on the path that brought you here?” I had met him only a few hours ago, at Nalanda Academy in Wardha, an initiative for preparing underprivileged bahujan students for higher education. He was curious how a privileged dalit from …
Rajendra Jadhav India & Sustainable Development Goals through the Perspective of Dalit Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction Asia Dalit Rights Forum has published its report on India & Sustainable Development Goals through the Perspective of Dalit Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction in the side event of High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York city …
Vishal Verma The word ‘university’ is derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium,(Latin: universtas, ‘a whole’) which roughly means ‘community of teachers and scholars’. The term ‘university’ was first used in the 14th century. But, as we know from history, there existed well-established universities much before the 14th century, including Nalanda University. Certainly, …
सुजित निकाळजे (Sujit Nikalje) प्रास्ताविक भारतीय राज्यघटनेने दिलेल्या मूलभूत अधिकारापैकी अनुच्छेद २१ नुसार भारतातील प्रत्येक व्यक्तीस त्याचे जिवीत संरक्षण आणि व्यक्तिस्वातंत्र्याचा अधिकार प्रदान केला आहे. नुकताच मा. सर्वोच्च न्यायालयाने अनुसूचित जाती अनुसूचित जमाती अत्याचार प्रतिबंध कायदा १९८९ आणि त्यातील सुधारणा २०१६ च्या अनुषंगाने चालू असलेल्या डॉ. सुरेश महाजन विरुद्ध महाराष्ट्र शासन या खटल्यामध्ये वरील …
Rachelle Bharathi Chandran Shallow savarna feminist media spaces and why we must fight them A liberal is “a person who believes that government should be active in supporting social and political change”. Feminism is the belief that women and men should have equal rights and opportunities. While quoting these definitions, I’m well aware of …
Manjula Pradeep Time flies, but memories remain, especially those which have been very painful, as they make us grow into the persons we are. Painful memories teach us lessons, but also give us realizations and experiences that mould our lives. I have turned 48 and here in my life story, I want to focus …
Shefali Coming across barbaric ways of celebrating Holi by flinging semen filled water balloons over women in the national capital in the name of infamous phrase, ‘bura na mano holi hai’ (don’t mind, it’s Holi), I felt, for the first time, a genuine aversion against the euphoria of Holi celebrations across the subcontinent. Keeping …
Karuppan1 I On December 6, 2016, I stood at the heart of Shivaji Park in Dadar. Walking in the narrow passages between a couple of hundred stalls selling literature and memorabilia, the banner hanging in front of one, unsettled me. ‘Delete the Dalit’, it cried out, at the thousands that streamed past it. Over …
Sayali Z It is your claim to equality which hurts them. They want to maintain the status quo. If you continue to accept your lowly status ungrudgingly, continue to remain dirty, filthy, backward, ignorant, poor and disunited, they will allow you to live in peace. The moment you start to raise your level, the …