Yogesh Maitreya Language is one of the basic media to facilitate the expression of the mind. Yet, when a distinct form of it is spoken by a select group of people who are high up in the social hierarchy, it can become a tool to maintain cultural superiority. In the Indian context, it would …
A language to counter caste predators
Asha Kowtal Nimma dabbalike mattu damanagaluNamma bidugade na tadiyalaravu . . . Your dominance and violenceCan never halt our liberation … ~ Dalit Sangharsh Samiti slogan in the 1980’s, across Karnataka The caste animals never cease for a moment to unleash violence against us, whom they constantly prey upon. It is a rabid gaze …
Medium of Instruction in Goan Schools: Mother Tongue or Multilingualism?
Open Letter to the Goan government’s Advisory Committee on Medium of Instruction Jason Keith FernandesR. Benedito FerrãoAlbertina AlmeidaAmita KanekarDale Luis MenezesAnjali ArondekarNandita de SouzaAnibel Ferus-ComeloSujata NoronhaChrissie D’Costa This letter is pursuant to an email that was dispatched to the Advisory Committee on Medium of Instruction on 12 October, 2013. Before we proceed, however, we …
The Battle of the Konkanis: Separating Wolves from the Lambs
Jason Keith FernandesDale Luis Menezes Context In 1987 subsequent to mass demonstrations composed overwhelmingly of bahujan Catholics the legislature of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu recognised Konkani in the Nagari script as the official language of Goa. This recognition of script was used to privilege a brahmanical project of fixing the …
Opportunities for Dalit and Adivasi Students for Higher Education in World’s Premier Educational Institutions
INSIGHT FOUNDATION Insight Study Circle Meeting held on 22 August 2010 (Sunday) at Indian Social Institute, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. A report on Opportunities for Dalit and Adivasi Students for Higher Education in World’s Premier Educational Institutions