For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Eminent Marathi poet Namdeo Dhasal passed away today (January 15th, 2014). This is the collective tribute of a group of Round Table India writers. ~ Here-in the distanceRevolution rumbles everywhereYou hear it? His poetry did not belong to the pages, for neat archiving in some anthology. It had trees, but they were leafless. It …
Yogesh Maitreya On the evening of 5th of December, I, along with my friend who is a photographer, paid a visit to Ramabai Nagar in Ghatkopar East, Mumbai. At the entrance of the colony, a huge statue of Ambedkar stood. Open space in front of it had been cleaned with water, and preparations for …
Ajmal Khan The story of Sunil Yadav is an inspiring one for not only Dalits but everyone. He is a first generation literate from the Scheduled Caste community in Maharashtra who had joined as a conservancy worker in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mumbai. He joined soon after the death of his father in …
Organized byCentre for Social Justice and Governance, TISS, MumbaiInsight Foundation, Delhi&Dalit & Tribal Social Work International CollectiveLibrary Conference Hall, TISS, Mumbai15th -16th February, 2013
Ambedkar Memorial Lecture – 2013 On ‘Exhumation of Society and Culture in Ancient India’ Speaker: Prof. Nandu Ram (Former Dean, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University) 13th January, Sunday, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm Convention Centre, Naoroji Campus, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar had a deep sense of …
[Via Satyashodhak Chhatrapati Dnyanpith] Prof. Shrawan Deore‘s new book ‘OBC nchya Sangharsh Wata‘ (‘Battle Streets of OBCs‘) shall be released: on 4th December, 2012, 3 p.m., at Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh, Azad Maidan, Opp. CST/ VT station, Mumbai. All are cordially invited.
Anand Teltumbde The occupation of the Indu Mills near Chaityabhoomi in Mumbai by dalit youth demanding that an Ambedkar memorial should come up there is a heartening development. In neo-liberal India, dalits are a significant part of the “precariat” – a section of the people with no job security, indeed, with no prospect of employment, …