For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Asha Singh & Nidhin Donald Dr. B.R. Ambedkar conceptualizes education as a ‘vital need’ which helps us fight notions of ‘inescapable fate’ or ‘ascriptions of caste or religion’. He counted education as a socially inherited value which defines one’s access to power. Education was always a keyword, an indicator which he applied on issues of …
Utkarsh Manav If one has to theorize a concept where people at a specific space and time come together to form a system where 1) they are governed by themselves, 2) they follow a set of rules and regulation, 3) they all are equal in status and 4) where they all are part of a …
Dr. Shiv Shankar Das At a time when the whole world is in the mood to celebrate the 125th birth anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, it is also essential to deliberate on an institutions which he cherished and wanted to build a strong foundation on, which would support the further course of action …
Nilesh Kumar The effect of caste on the ethics of the Hindus is simply deplorable. Caste has killed public spirit. Caste has destroyed the sense of public charity. Caste has made public spirit impossible. A Hindu’s public is his caste. His responsibility is only to his caste. His loyalty is restricted only to his …
Dalit Camera: Through Un-Touchable Eyes C. K. Janu has breathed new life into the land struggles of the Adivasis and the landless in Kerala, fashioned a new autonomous language of resistance for similarly marginalized groups fighting for land rights across the country. In 2003, after the Muthanga agitation in 2003, she had written: The …