For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Suresh Ravichandran This is not a review of the film Kabali. I do not like to review any films, primary reason being that I am not qualified enough to do so. Rather, this shall be my perspective on the film. Or to be precise, this is a post of celebration. So, after the release …
ಹಾರೋಹಳ್ಳಿ ರವೀಂದ್ರ (Harohalli Ravindra) ಗೋ ಹತ್ಯೆ ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ಗೋ ಮಾತೆ ಎಂಬ ಪೂಜ್ಯಾ ಮನೋಭಾವನೆಯ ಹೆಸರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ದಲಿತರನ್ನು ಹತ್ತಿಕ್ಕಲು ಏನೆಲ್ಲಾ ರಣತಂತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಉಪಯೋಗಿಸಬೇಕಿತ್ತೋ? ಅದನ್ನು ಮೋದಿ ಸಕರ್ಾರ ಬರುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಗೋ ಮಾಂಸವು ಇಡೀ ಜಗತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾರ್ವತ್ರಿಕ ಆಹಾರವಾಗಿದ್ದರು ಕೂಡ ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಅದನ್ನು ಅಪರಾಧವೆಂಬಂತೆ ಬಿಂಬಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಆ ಮೂಲಕ ಆಹಾರ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಹಿಡಿತ ಸಾಧಿಸಲು ಸಂಘ ಪರಿವಾರ ಬಹಿರಂಗವಾಗಿಯೇ ತನ್ನೆಲ್ಲಾ ದಬ್ಬಾಳಿಕೆ ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆಗಳನ್ನು ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಲೇ ಬಂದಿದೆ. ಇಂದಿಗೂ ಅದನ್ನು ಮುಂದುವರಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ. …
Pardeep Attri While growing up in Punjab, I was reminded by many not to listen to ‘Chamkila’. I could never understand the reasons behind those advices at that time and never cared to ask anyone as I was not a song loving person. Hence, those advices didn’t matter to me. After moving to England …
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 …
Dr. Om Sudha Approximately one kilometre away from my village Ghorghat is Murla Musahari, which is primarily a Dalit basti. There is a caste Musahar, yes Musahar, you must be knowing about them? I’m just asking because nowadays you are seen feasting in Dalits’ homes, so I thought I would ask. There are 50-60 …
Noel Didla There has been a recent spate of speculative publications on Dalit women by anyone and everyone to validate themselves as academics, journalists, editorial writers, policy experts, global anti caste consultants, subaltern studies space makers and global solidarity town criers etc. Majority of these folk creep on the walls of Dalit women, breeze through Savari, RTI …
Murali Ramathoti The essence of Chintu Kumari’s response, that “The left and the Ambedkarite movements need Debate and Unity”, is to say that CPIML Liberation’s (henceforth Liberation) struggle focuses not only on economic lines but on social lines too, i.e. on caste, feudal pride, women’s degradation etc. To justify her argument she narrated the …
Chinmaya Mahanand (His reply to Chintu Kumari’s (AISA) response to his Facebook comment on the hunger strike in JNU) Dear Chintu Kumari, Like you, I too felt the necessity to reply. I hope this assertion of your identity as a Dalit woman is not being considered as your ‘immediate identity’ by AISA/Liberation and by …