[Via Shanker Sampangi] Caste signifies social deprivation in the society and disability signifies physical and psychological deprivation. The condition of disability is prone to double oppression in the case of socially deprived sections including women. The layers of oppression need to be seriously understood and enough care should be taken to provide appropriate provisions …
Dalit Sthree Sakthi’s Campaign for Dalit Women and Children’s Rights
Dalit Sthree Sakthi, Andhra Pradesh, is organizing a Dalit Women and Children’s Rights Campaign (Hakkula Chaitanya Yatra) with a 80 member contingent for 10 days on the ‘Rights of Dalit Women and Girl Children’ starting from Ambedkar Statue, Tank Bund, Hyderabad, on 6th December and ends on 15th December at Lakshimpeta of Srikakulam District. During this …
80 years of Poona Pact
[Via Maheshwar Raj] All India Confederation of SC / ST Organizations Headed by Dr. Udit Raj, National Chairman and K. Maheshwar Raj, A.P., State President Invites One and All to the Brain Storming Session On 24.09.2012 @ 05 : 00 P.M @ Press Club, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
“Cultural Politics of Religious Festivals in India: The Popular and the Secular”
DABMSA, TSA, PDSU, BSF and TVV invite you for a Seminar and Discussion on “Cultural Politics of Religious Festivals in India: The Popular and the Secular” Speakers: Prof. Kancha Ilaiah, MANU University, Hyderabad
Conference on Inequities in Independent India
Conference on Inequities in Independent India On 15th Aug 2012 ~~~ Sri Bojja Tharakam, Senior Advocate, High Court of AP Will speak on the theme: Constitution and its implementation ~
Dhamma Cakka Pavattana Day
Celebrating ‘Dhamma Cakka Pavattana’ Day and the first day of ‘Varsa Vassa’ (Setting in motion the Wheel of Truth and Three Months rain retreat) on Thursday, 2nd August, 2012 between 6:15pm and 8:15pm at Siddhartha Buddha Vihara Trust, Bowenpally, Secunderabad, AP., Contact Bhanteji: 9849973017 All are invited to participate along with family and friends, and …
Historian of the Lions
Karthik Navayan ‘Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter’ an African saying tells you. This is the age when indigenous tribes and castes are rewriting their histories. This is the age when new historians, digging deep into the raging conflagrations of untouchability and humiliations of their pasts, are …
Dalit Information And Education Trust: New Waves in Dalit Discourse
Sujatha Surepally (The Annual meet of D.I.E.T was held on 5th May, 2012, in Hyderabad. We thank Sujatha Surepally for sharing this report on the event) Dalit Information and Education Trust’s (DIET) Annual meet was held on 5th May, 2012 at Hotel Grand plaza, Nampally, Hyderabad. It was a memorable event. Though it was titled …
Andhra Pradesh Dalits and Adivasis marching towards achieving Statutory Status for SCP and TSP
Karthik Navayan SC, ST Sub-Plan Nidhula Saadhana Ikya Kaaryacharana Committee (United Action Committee to claim SC, ST Sub-Plan Funds) was formed under the leadership of Sri Kaki Madhava Rao, Former Chief Secretary, Government of Andhra Pradesh as its chairman and Retired Justice K. Ramaswamy as adviser. Retired IAS Officers Sri B. Danam, Sri K.R. Venu …