Mohammad Imran The recently conducted rally in Aurangabad by Advocate Prakash Ambedkar, in which the alliance between Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh and Assaduddin Owaisi led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen was formally announced was a much debated political move in Maharashtrian politics. The alliance was made on the ground that it has an ability to speak …
Interview with Prof Khalid Anis Ansari on the Pasmanda Movement
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 …
R u p t u r e s: South Asian Islam and the Caste Question
[Organized by The Patna Collective] Venue: Conference Room No. 1 (Main Building), India International Centre, New Delhi December 1-2, 2012. Conference ScheduleSATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 (DAY ONE)9:00 am: Opening Session Registration Welcome and Introduction by The Patna Collective Conversation One—Caste and Islam: Conceptual Approaches in Social Sciences Prof. Imtiaz Ahmad, Formerly Professor of Political …