Application For CROWD-FUNDING Through MILAAP Please make your donations here. I am a Dalit poet writing in the English language for about ten years and I have been offered admission for MA Creative Writing (Full time), Poetry at University of East Anglia, UK- one of the most prestigious creative writing programs in the UK. …
ഒരു അതികായൻ
Radhika Sudhakar (Translated by Lincy K Thankappan.) തമിഴ് രാഷ്ട്രീയ മണ്ഡലത്തിലെ തെരെഞ്ഞെടുപ്പ് രാഷ്ട്രീയത്തിൽ ആറ് ദശാബ്ദക്കാലവും അതിനും മുൻപ് ദ്രാവിഡ പ്രസ്ഥാനങ്ങളെ ശക്തിപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന രാഷ്ട്രീയ പ്രസ്ഥാനത്തിലും തുടങ്ങി പ്രസ്ഥാനങ്ങൾ ,രാഷ്ട്രീയ ഭരണം ,സാഹിത്യം ,സിനിമ അങ്ങനെ ചവിട്ടിയ മേഖലകളിലെല്ലാം കാലുനീട്ടി വെച്ച ഒരു യഥാർത്ഥ അതികായൻ ആയിരുന്നു മുതുവേൽ കരുണാനിധി. പൂർത്തിയാക്കിയ പ്രഖ്യാപിത നയങ്ങളേക്കാൾ അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ രാഷ്ട്രീയ ഇച്ഛയായിരുന്നു മുഖ്യമന്ത്രിയായിരുന്ന അഞ്ചുതവണയും രാഷ്ട്രീയത്തിലെ മുക്കാൽ ഭാഗത്തിലേറെയും അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ ഭരണ രീതിയെ അടയാളപ്പെടുത്തിയിരുന്നത്. 1957 മുതലങ്ങോട്ടുള്ള …
A Colossus
Radhika Sudhakar Muthuvel Karunanidhi was a true colossus who strode the Tamil political sphere for six decades in electoral politics and before that in a political movement strengthening the Dravidian movement whichever field he trod, be it in the movement, political governance, literature or cinema. More than his declared policies, which he fulfilled, it …
आमच्या आठवणीतील रजनी ताई..!
रजनी तिलक ३० मार्च २०१८ ला आपल्यातून गेल्या. याचे दुखः वेगवेगळ्या पातळीवर जाणवत आहे. पुण्यामध्ये घेण्यात आलेल्या आदरांजली कार्याक्रमाध्ये कार्यकर्त्यांच्या व अभ्यासकांच्या अनुभवातून रजनी तिलक उलगडल्या. त्यांच्या व्यक्तित्वाबद्दल थोडक्यात लिहावं म्हणून हा छोटासा प्रयत्न..! दिनांक ७ एप्रिल २०१८ रोजी क्रांतीज्योती सावित्रीबाई फुले स्त्री अभ्यास केंद्र , सावित्रीबाई फुले पुणे विद्यापीठ येथे रजनी तिलक यांच्या …
Hi Goshta Tevhachi Ahe: This is a Story of those Times
Disha Shaikh On 15th of February, ‘Sarva Kahi Samashtisathi’ — a day-long literature festival commemorating the life and contribution of Marathi writer, poet and one of the founding members of ‘Dalit Panther’, Namdeo Dhasal — was organized at the JJ School of Arts in Mumbai. 15th February is the birth anniversary of Namdeo Dhasal. …
Embracing my Dalit-hood while rejoicing in accomplishments
Chandramohan S During the award ceremony of M. Harish Govind Prize, many asked me why I need a “Dalit Poet” labeling. They were shocked that there were just a handful of Dalit poets who write in English and have registered their visibility. The English literary gathering seems to be so ignorant of the girth …
Vidrohi: A Rebel Reciter
Dharmaraj Kumar Remembering Vidrohiji on his first death anniversary, I write this piece as a memoir. There are layers of memories, but it unfolds on the horizon of reminiscence through several repetitions of certain events. Vidrohiji may not have been remembered by many, but for many his absence is sorely missed. Just being one …
Bojja Tharakam (1939-2016): ‘I think of myself as both an Ambedkarite and a Marxist’
We thank Prof K. Satyanarayana for sharing this note with Round Table India. [Senior Advocate, Poet, Writer, Activist and Public intellectual Shri Bojja Tharakam (77) passed away last night (September 16th) around 10.45 pm in his flat in Ashok Nagar, Hyderabad. He has been under treatment for brain tumour for the last two years. …
Remembering Guda Anjanna – The signature song of Telangana’s Dalit Revolution
Karthik Navayan The first time I heard about Guda Anjanna (1 November 1955 – 21 June 2016), through my classmate and Anjanna’s nephew (brother’s son) Guda Rajendar, in 1989, when I was studying in 8th class. Anjanna belongs to Lingapur village of Dandepally Mandal in Adilabad District. At the time, I was studying in the …