Obed Manwatkar Toilet: Ek Prem Katha is a movie produced by Reliance Entertainment owned by Mr. Ambani, one of the main corporate sponsors of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The theme of the movie is fine, since toilets are everyone’s need, but the problem occurs when it gives illogical solutions. In this film, Akshay Kumar …
Caste and Caste-Based Discrimination among Indian Muslims – Part 11
Caste and Caste-Based Discrimination among Indian Muslims – Part 11: Hindutva, Gandhism, and the Caste Question Continued from here. Masood Alam Falahi (Translated by Yoginder Sikand for NewAgeIslam.com) [Part 6 of Masood Alam Falahi’s Urdu book Hindustan Mai Zat-Pat Aur Musalman (‘Casteism Among Muslims in India’)] ~ The Hindu Mahasabha and the RSS Faced …
Don’t ban Aarakshan, it’s just upper caste
by Kancha Ilaiah The debate around Aarakshan, Prakash Jha’s movie on reservation, has several major implications for our civil society and state. The objections raised by several organisations, individuals and also the ban imposed by three state governments — Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab — because of their suspicion that the film is against …
Gandhism – the doom for untouchables
This is taken from the last chapter, chapter XI “Gandhism-the doom for untouchables” of the Book “What congress and Gandhi have done to the Untouchables” by Dr. Ambedkar. If there is an ‘ism’ which has made full use of religion as an opium to lull the people into false beliefs and false security, it is …