For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Praveen Tulasi This write up is in response to a facebook debate which popped up after Manikanta a BAPSA activist posted the below picture. Image: Debate, Depiction and Disturbance Excerpts from the Debate: While Zeeshan Hussain commented that ‘good no. Dalits and Muslims are getting united slowly. lets keep the memory alive. lets …
Saquib Salim “In 1962-63, when I got the opportunity to read Ambedkar’s book, Annihilation of Caste, then I also felt that it is perhaps possible to eradicate casteism from the society. But, later on when I studied caste system and its behaviour in depth gradually there was a modification in my thoughts. I have …
Bansidhar Deep Indira Gandhi used the “Garibi Hatao” rhetoric to defend her contempt for constitutional morality, while the present BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) government uses the rhetoric of “Sabka Vikas” and “Shreshth Bharat” to adopt the same cynical approach (Suhas Palshikar, Indian Express July 15, 2016). There was a time when India, after independence, …
Essay series on ‘What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means to me’ Madhura Raut It was neither my family nor my school that introduced Ambedkar to me. It was because of my friends, either classmates or facebook friends that I got introduced to Babasaheb Ambedkar. It is a fact that I never felt a strong connection with Babasaheb, …
BAPSA JNU, New Delhi Remembering Dharti Aba Birsa Munda on 15th Nov Remembering the Foundation Day of BAPSA Intensifying Struggle of Justice for Najeeb The class was going on as usual in the German Mission School at Burj, Chaibasa. A teacher named Dr Nottrott repeatedly uttered derogatory words against the Mundas. A boy left …
Pratik Parmar Project Heartland captures the struggle of people from marginalised communities, mainly Dalits in Gujarat. It shows the courage and determination of Dalit women and men to assert for their rights despite all odds. By capturing these stories of struggle, Project Heartland wants these brave people to be known, recognised and be seen …
B. R. Bhaskar Prasad was interviewed by Palani Samy and Nidhin Sowjanya for Dalit Camera before the Chalo Udupi rally. The text was translated from Kannada by Savitha Rajamani, Vinod Pushparaj, Chinnamma and Anusha Suresh. The interview was videographed by Karthik Ranganathan. B. R. Bhaskar Prasad is a Dalit writer and activist from Nelamangala taluk, Bengaluru, and one …
Pratik Parmar Project Heartland captures the struggle of people from marginalised communities, mainly Dalits in Gujarat. It shows the courage and determination of Dalit women and men to assert for their rights despite all odds. By capturing these stories of struggle, Project Heartland wants these brave people to be known, recognised and be seen as inspiration to …
ಹಾರೋಹಳ್ಳಿರವೀಂದ್ರ (Harohalli Ravindra) ಉಗ್ರ ಹಿಂದುತ್ವವಾದಿ ವಿ.ಡಿ. ಸಾವರ್ಕರ್ “ಯಾರಿಗೆ ಭಾರತ ದೇಶ ಪಿತೃಭೂಮಿಯಷ್ಟೇ ಅಲ್ಲ, ಪುಣ್ಯ ಭೂಮಿಯು ಆಗಿದಿಯೊ ಆತನೇ ಹಿಂದೂ” ಎಂದು ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಪ್ರಮುಖವಾಗಿ ಮುಸ್ಲಿಮರನ್ನು, ಕ್ರೈಸ್ತರನ್ನು, ಪಾರಸಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಯಹೂದ್ಯರನ್ನು ಹೊರಗಿಡುವುದು ಮತ್ತು ಬೌದ್ಧ, ಜೈನ, ಸಿಖ್ಖರನ್ನು ಒಳತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಉದ್ದೇಶಗಳು ಇದ್ದವು ಎಂದು ಸುರೇಶ್ ಭಟ್ ಬಾಕ್ರಬೈಲು ಅವರ ‘ಕೇಸರಿ ಭಯೋತ್ಪಾದನೆ’ ಕೃತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಕ್ಷೀಕರಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಕರ್ಮ ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತ, ಜಾತಿ ಪದ್ದತಿ ಮತ್ತು ವರ್ಣವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯ ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಸಂರಚನೆಯನ್ನೇ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಹಿಂದೂಧರ್ಮ ಸಾವರ್ಕರ್ ಅಂತವರ …