For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Bodhi Ramteke and Sagar Kamble The controversial Electoral Bonds and Gupt Daan: Another step towards Brahmanical supremacy In the heart of India, where the roots of all modern achievements are traced back to the stories of mythologies and ancient times, there is a new political reality about power, secrecy, and the dark dance of gifts …
Shivashish Shanker Most of the parts of ‘Annihilation of Caste’ that Ambedkar talks of, especially the part where he talks of the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity, and the concept of graded inequality, come from his writings on Hindu social order. It is divided into two parts: Essential Principles and Unique Features. Hence, it …
Suraj Jadhav Dr. Thol. Thirumavalavan recently distributed translated copies of Manu Smriti in Tamil Nadu and explained why it should be burned. Dr. Ambedkar burned the Manu Smriti in 1927. Rajasthan High Court has a statue of Manu in its premises. On the issue of Manu Smriti, there are only two types of people: those …
Surendra Kumar With his rousing speech at Oxford Union, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has silenced his detractors. Ironically, his own party seeks his silence. Obviously, they don’t take his gift of gab and exceptional oratorical skills seriously. What a pity. What a huge difference a single speech can make! Shashi Tharoor’s 15-minute stirring intervention …
(From ‘Religious Riddles’ in Part I of the book ‘Riddles in Hinduism’ by Babasaheb Dr. B. R. Ambedkar) There is hardly any Hindu who does not regard the Vedas as the most sacred Book of his religion. And yet ask any Hindu what is the origin of the Vedas and it would be difficult …
by Bhalchandra Mungekar B.R. Ambedkar’s passion for the abolition of untouchability and the eradication of caste is as relevant today as it was 75 years ago. THE Jat Pat Todak Mandal, a social reformist organisation of Lahore, had, in 1936, invited Dr B.R. Ambedkar to deliver the presidential address of its annual conference on the …
Anu Ramdas This extract is from the book Dharmatheertha, No Freedom with Caste, The Menace of Hindu Imperialism, edited by G. Aloysius: It is clear therefore that the motive of the priests in forming an exclusive caste was not any consideration of a religious or spiritual or racial nature but one of sheer greed for …