Mayur Kudupale & K Swathi Sivadas The culture of debating on social issues has always paved the way for acquiring new learnings. The recent verdict on Sabarimala row was an inevitable topic among us, students. Our friends from Kerala, especially girls, debated enthusiastically that women’s entry to the temple should be allowed. Dissenting against …
Women in Phule-Ambedkarite Ideology and its Relevance to Contemporary India
Hemangi Kadlak This is a transcript of speech given at Bangalore. Today, I am going to talk about ‘Women in Phule-Ambedkarite ideology and its relevance to contemporary India’, from Buddha to Babasaheb and after. As male and female are biologically different and they are complementary to each other, both are very important for reproducing …
Should Bahujans burn the Constitution?
S Kumar This article is not written to instigate people to violence or break the law in any sense. The purpose of this article is to rethink before celebrating 26th November as Constitution Day and blindly call it Ambedkar’s Constitution. To calm the minds of people after reading the heading, I would like …
Every ‘Second Citizen’
Dushyant Yadav The Assam NRC draft has jerked up a catch-22 situation in India. Citizenship has become the navel of our Socio-Political discourse of late and it has erected a new debate which has seemingly seduced every major political entity of our country. While some are vehemently against the deflowering of Indian territory, the …
Kaala: A Bahujan Grammar for Cinema
Vinay Shende At the outset, let me say that this is not a film review and I am no expert on the technicalities of film making. I won’t be talking about the plot of the movie. If anyone sees it as only a gangster movie, then they are missing the point. Director Pa Ranjith weaves …
Defining Ambedkar: Icon or Ideal?
B. Prabakaran Every year Ambedkar is celebrated and remembered across the globe, at least twice a year, on his birth and death anniversary by the political parties, social movements, NGOs and committed individuals at different venues. Of late, the dates are being observed in various international forums too. For the very first time, in …
जे.एन.यू. में ब्राह्मणवाद की खेती: जितेन्द्र सुना
जितेन्द्र सुना मुथुकृष्ण्न की संस्थानिक हत्या के विरोध में 16 मार्च, 2017, को बपसा द्वारा आयोजित प्रदर्शन मे भाषण; अंग्रेजी से हिंदी में अनुवाद: अंजली मेरा नाम जितेन्द्र सुना है और मैं उड़ीसा के कालाहांडी जिले के एक सुदूर गाँव पोउर्केला से हूँ| मैंने अपनी हाई स्कूल की पढाई बी. आर. अम्बेडकर उच्च विद्यापीठ पोउर्केला से की, …
ಸಮಾನತೆ ನಿರಾಕರಿಸಲಾದರೆ, ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ನಿರಾಕರಿಸಿದ ಹಾಗೆ
ಡೆರಿಕ್ ಫ಼್ರಾಂಸಿಸ್ (ಪೆರಿಯಾರ್ ಭೀಮ್ ವೆಮುಳಾ) ಇನ್ನೊಬ್ಬ ದಲಿತ ವಿದ್ವಾಂಸನ ಕ್ರೂರ ಆತ್ಮಹತ್ಯೆ ಜವಹರ್ಲಾಲ್ ನೆಹರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದಿದೆ. ಸೇಲಮ್ ನಿಂದ ದಹಲಿಯ ವರೆಗೆ ತನ್ನ ಸ್ವಂತ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನದಿಂದ ಬಂದ 27 ವಯಸ್ಸಿನ ಮುತ್ತುಕೃಷ್ಣನ್ ಇಂತಹ ಒಂದು ಸ್ಥಿತಿಗೆ ತಳ್ಳಲ್ಪಟ್ಟದ್ದು ನಮಗೆ, ಈ ಭಾರತ ಎನ್ನುವ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ, ಅವಮಾನಕರ ವಿಶಯ. ಅವನ ಆತ್ಮಹತ್ಯೆಗೆ ಕಾರಣವೇನು? ಮುತ್ತುಕೃಷ್ಣನ್, ತನ್ನ ಸಾವಿನ ಎರಡು ದಿನಗಳ ಮುಂಚೆ Facebookಅಲ್ಲಿ ತನ್ನ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಅಸಮಾನತೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಒಂದು ಸೂಚನೆಯನ್ನು ಬರೆದ್ದಿದ್ದರು. ಆ …
Love and Marriage: Caste and Social Spaces
Kadhiravan ~ An ideal society should be mobile, should be full of channels for conveying a change taking place in one part to other parts. In an ideal society there should be many interests consciously communicated and shared. There should be varied and free points of contact with other modes of association. In other …