For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Jaspal Singh Sidhu “That history always has a purpose. That history is always about power. That history is never innocent but always ideological.” ~ Keith Jenkins, ‘Rethinking of History’, Routledge Classics. Of late, a majority of historians including those subscribing to the Left ideology have attempted to portray Maharaja Ranjit Singh, a 19th century …
Rajani Ingle An unusual phenomenon is repeateadly striking in the self proclaimed intellectual corridors of “Left” India. These corridors are filled with poets, writers, academicians, columnists, social media influencers and many such minds who claim to adore Marx and Ambedkar equally and are seen investing considerable amount of time and mind space to prove how …
Sufi Ghulam Hussain Mukhi, the panchayat headman of Oad [Dalit] community begged in the name of holy Gita and even threw his turban at Seetal’s feet, but Seetal just didn’t care much and replied:“Mukhi! Do whatever you like, but I shall change my religion.Mukhi: “But why after all you do, you want to change your …
Round Table India In this episode of the Ambedkar Age series, Round Table India talks to Prof. Khalid Anis Ansari, Director, Dr. Ambedkar Centre for Exclusion Studies & Transformative Action (ACESTA), Glocal University, Uttar Pradesh. The interview focuses on the Pasmanda movement, on the issues of secularism/communalism and on the upper caste hegemony in all …
Gurram Seetaramulu Nationalism is a hymn which is being chanted often by the modern societies. Especially in India, after the demolition of Babri Masjid such a notion has gained currency. At the same time, some groups have been trying to monopolise nationalism. In such a situation, nationalism has turned into an abstract thought called …
Nidhin Shobhana (Paper presented at the India International Islamic Academic Conference held on 8-9 October, 2016, at the India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi.) Abstract: By late 19th century and early 20th century, one finds the emergence of an ‘upper-caste’ Christian public sphere comprised of theologians who identified themselves with the values of ‘Hindu’ and ‘Hindu Nationalism’. …
Vivek Singh JNU has been in the limelight since 9th February, when supposedly “anti-national and seditious” slogans were raised in the campus (the matter is sub judice). In this scenario, many eyes were turned towards the JNU Students Union elections which happened this September. What was also evident is that the idea of nation …
ಮಂಜುನಾಥ ನರಗುಂದ (Manjunath Naragund) ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರವ್ಯಾಪಿಯಾಗಿ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯತೆಯ ಕುರಿತಾಗಿ ಗಂಭೀರ ಚರ್ಚೆ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಇಂಥ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಹಿನ್ನಲೆಯಾಗಿರುವ ಹಲವು ಘಟನಾ ಗುಚ್ಚಗಳ ಸರಣಿಯನ್ನು ನಾವು ಮತ್ತೊಮ್ಮೆ ನೆನಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕಿದೆ. ಈ ಮೂಲಕ ಹಿಂದುತ್ವ ಒಂದು ಸಿದ್ಧಾಂತವಾಗಿ ಬೆಳೆದು ಬಂದ ಬಗೆ, ಪ್ರಸಕ್ತ ಸಮಾಜದಲ್ಲಿ ಅದು ವ್ಯಾಪಿಸಿರುವ ರೀತಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಅದರ ಎಲ್ಲೆಗಳನ್ನು ಸತ್ಯದ ನೆಲೆಗಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಾವು ಈಗ ಚರ್ಚಿಸಬೇಕಾಗಿದೆ. ಇಂದಿನ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರೋತ್ತರ ಭಾರತದ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಸನ್ನಿವೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಬಲಪಂಥೀಯ ಶಕ್ತಿಗಳು ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವವೆಂಬ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಮೇರುಪರ್ವತವನ್ನೇರಿರುವುದು …
Pruthviraj Rama Gorakh From the last two years, the topics of nation and nationalism are being hotly debated in the country. In the last parliamentary elections, the BJP’s campaign put forth their idea of nation, based on Hindu nationalism. As they complete two years in office, we are now able to analyze their idea …