For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Dalit and Oppressed Self-respect Movement Committee Friends and Well-wishers, Dalit and progressive organisations held a meeting in Freedom Park on 26th August to lay the foundation for a social movement in the wake of rising assaults on dalits, minorities, women and the oppressed. The participants, nearly 250 of them, had elaborate discussions and decided …
ଦେବନୁରୁ ମହାଦେବ (Devanuru Mahadeva) ‘ସହିଷ୍ଣୁତା’ ଓ ‘ଅସହିଷ୍ଣୁତା’ ଆଜିର ‘ମୋତେ ଛୁଅଁ ନାହିଁ’ ଶବ୍ଦ ହେଇଯାଇଛି। ଶୁଦ୍ଧତା କୁ ଅସ୍ପୃଶ୍ୟତା ସହିତ ଯୋଡିକରି,ଭାରତ ଏକ ଅର୍ଧ-ମୃତ ଏବଂ ଅର୍ଧ-ଜିଅନ୍ତା ଲୋକଙ୍କ ଦେଶରେ ପରିଣତ ହୋଇଯାଇଛି । ସେଥୀପାଇଁ ଯେତେ କମ କହିବେ, ସେତେ ସୁରକ୍ଷୀତ । ମୁ ଭି ବୁଝିବାକୁ ଚେଷ୍ଟା କରୁଛି । ଆଜିର ପ୍ରଚଳିତ ଅସହିଷ୍ଣୁତାକୁ ନବୁଝି,ସହିଷ୍ଣୁତାକୁ ବୁଝିହେବନି। ଉଦାହରଣତଃ: ଜୁନ ୮,୨୦୧୬ ‘ପ୍ରଜାବାଣୀ’ ରେ ଖବର ଛପିଲା ଯେ ମୟସୁରୁ …
Devanuru Mahadeva The ‘touch me not’ words of today are ‘tolerance’ and ‘intolerance’. By connecting purity with untouchability, India became a land of the half living and the half dead. So it may be safer to speak less. I too am trying to understand. Without understanding the existing intolerant behaviour, tolerance also can’t be …