For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Bhagyesha Kurane सोशल मीडिया हा आपल्या जीवनाचा सध्या एक अविभाज्य घटक झालेला आहे. सोशल मीडियाचा वापर करावा की करू नये अथवा कशाप्रकारे करावा याबद्दल समाजामध्ये अनेक तर्कवितर्क व्यक्त केले जातात. काही व्यक्तींना वाटतं सोशल मीडिया हे टाइमपास करण्याचं एक साधन आहे. उगाच त्यावर वेळ खर्ची करू नये. अनेक मुलींच्या पालकांना असं वाटतं की सोशल …
Dr. K. Jamanadas Holi – What is it and how did it originate? It is well known that Holi forms one of the important festivals among the Hindus. It is supposed to be festival of Shudras, and is one of the three most important ones in India, the others being Dasera and Diwali. The …
Vicky Nandgaye ~ I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved. ~ In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development. ~ If Hindus migrate to other regions on earth, Indian caste would become a world problem. ~ Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Recently …
Ravi Nitesh Victims and activists unite in demanding One Crore compensation and rehabilitation for Bhagana’s Dalit minor rape victim girls and forcing the Haryana CM to act against the upper caste perpetrators who have brazenly been grabbing the Dalit villagers’ land New Delhi, 11 May 2014: Hundreds of women, children and men from Bhagana …
Pradnya Jadhav Years ago, she had a dream of attending school, completing graduation, getting a job and settling down. But yes, it was just a dream. The reality was all different, her parents arranged her marriage, and she lived with her husband for almost three years, by now she had two babies. So she …
Harish S. Wankhede In any normal political chat, the general upper caste tendency is to accuse the Dalits of politicizing the lower caste identity against the nationalist concerns of citizenship and secularism. This is an easy option to hide the actual domination of brahmanical culture over the public institutions. The social psyche of ‘governamentality’ …
National Tribunal – Violence Against Dalit Women Introduction “Hindu Society as such does not exist. It is only a collection of castes. Each caste is conscious of its existence. Its survival is the be-all and end-all of its existence.” Babasaheb Ambedkar, Annihilation of Caste, 1937. A caste society is inherently violent in nature and this …
Asha Kowtal and Jenny Rowena On 24th August, a 20 year old Dalit girl was brutally raped and murdered in Jind, Haryana, while she was on her way to write an examination. Her mutilated body was found near a canal the next day by the police. There were cigarette burn marks on her body …
‘Suicide of Sunita Babu – Due to Police Harassment‘A fact-finding report on a Dalit woman’s suicide in Kerala by Sthreekoottayma (A women’s collective) The suicide of Sunita Babu, a Dalit woman, in Eroor, Thrippunithara of Ernakulum District appeared and was discussed in the media, but not with the seriousness that it deserved. The media …