Mungamuri Kranthi Kumar Corona doesn’t know any Caste or Religion, Says Hindutva. It is a blatant lie, It is Brahminical Morality Mocking thousand of years of Bahujan pain and agony. Caste Hindus snatched my land Tortured and killed me in my Untouchable village; Thousands of years of Caste Hindu Untouchability Thousands of years of Caste …
Create Dalit Economy the way Dalit Sahitya was created: Chandra Bhan Prasad
Chandra Bhan Prasad and Pushpendra Johar in a discussion: this is a part of the series of interviews, talks, articles that SAVARI and Round Table India are trying to put together to gather the Bahujan perspective on the Coronavirus pandemic. This is the second part of the discussion; the first part is here. Pushpendra: …
Odisha: Role model for the Upper Castes in fighting Corona
Roshan Padhan When they say everyone is equal before law, it is the biggest lie in India. If we look at some news reports in one Odia newspaper, Sambad, this is very evident. While the Odisha government is boasting about its strict and successful implementation of the so-called lockdown, its burden is being disproportionately …
Spectacle of Crisis: Coronavirus pandemic and the disease of Casteism-Brahmanism in India
Subodh Kunwer Has the Corona virus pandemic become something other than a medical subject/disease? The handling of this pandemic brought many crises, events and spectacles to the fore. While on one side lives of people are being lost, on the other we are witnessing the theatrical, performative aspect of the pandemic. Jennifer Cooke in …
This lockdown is completely against the Dalit-Bahujans
Pradnya Jadhav (SAVARI and Round Table India are doing a series to put together the Bahujan perspective on the Coronavirus pandemic) Anu: How are the people at home and the neighbourhood responding, and preparing for the prolonged lockdown due to the pandemic? Pradnya: I would say, uncertainty prevails. First of all, there is no clear …
The virus or the ruling castes’ response to it: What’s more dangerous for Bahujans
Rahul Bansode When Covid-19 started affecting the entire world, many countries globally began enforcing strict lockdowns to prevent its spread. Following suit, Indian government announced the lockdown of entire country on 23rd March. Thousands of migrants, most of them Dalit-Adivasi-Bahujans were found stranded across India without food and water. Many of the migrant workers started …
Caste, Class and Corona
Dr Jas Simran Singh Kehal ‘Epidemiology is like a bikini; what is revealed is interesting; what is concealed is critical’. This statement by Peter Duesberg, a cancer epidemiologist, at the time of corona virus disease (COVID-19) pandemic carries significance if we take into account gender, social, economic and demographic inequities in India. With about 500,000 …
Secularism, Democracy and Economics
Sanket Vinayak Waghmare There’s no doubt that we are very fortunate to be in a democratic nation like India. But still, we always complain about the Government, Nation & Society. We never praise or utilize the benefits of what we already have, that’s none other than the Constitution of the nation. If you seek firmly, …
Towards the annihilation of imposed Genders
Towards the annihilation of imposed Genders- Recommendations to the Indian Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment ~ Recommendations to the Indian Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on Policy for Transpeople [via Satya Rai Nagpaul and Gee Ameena Suleiman] ~ Opening Remarks: A Brief note on Transgender Persons with specific reference to Trans Masculine …