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 …
Politics Behind Tarun Sagar’s Visit to Haryana Vidhan Sabha : A Dalit Bahujan Perspective
Gurinder Azad Jai Bhim friends. Welcome to Round Table India’s Ambedkar Age program, a series of interviews, talks and documentaries on current issues from a Dalit Bahujan perspective. On 26 August 2016, Haryana government started the monsoon session of Vidhan Sabha with a speech by Tarun Sagar who is a Jain preacher. It is …
Violence of Brahminism Against Dalits
Jadumani Mahanand The current scenario of Indian society is deeply volatile and violent, instigating gruesome and brutal attacks on Dalits and Muslims. Any concerned citizen will feel anger and frustration, reading everyday about the violence, rape and killings of minorities such as Dalits and Muslims. No method has been left unused, to theorize or …
Demystifying Hindu Myths
Arvind Bouddh Is India really a hindu-majority country? And is Hinduism really a religion? You may wonder why I am even asking such questions when they are already well established facts (wait, not facts but notions). Well, for you these are not notions but facts, for a person like me whose identity has always …
Where is our Home?
N A M Ismail It was my belief that similar to tigers, leopards, cats, dogs and wolves the majority of human beings were meat eaters. This had given me an extraordinary confidence that I could eat anything, that flies, except aeroplanes; that has four legs, except chairs and stools; that has two legs except humans; …
Lion in sheep’s clothing: Hindu Right poses as ‘Progressive’ in America
Vinay Bhat “As long as caste in India does exist…and if Hindus migrate to other regions on earth, Indian caste would become a world problem.” ~ Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development As part of the periodic textbook review process (which occurs every six years), the California State Board …
Anti-fascist movements – how inclusive are they?
K K Baburaj The same day when Manushya Sangamam (human gathering) was held at Ernakulam (19-20 December, 2015) we organised Amaanava Sangamam (Un-human gathering) at Calicut as a protest against the basic ideology of the ‘concept of human’ articulated by them. The concept of ‘human’ envisaged by the upper caste modernists, aristocrats from the …
Beef bans: Unjustifiable, Ineffective, Expensive
Sundeep Pattem In the public discussion over the bans on cow meat in several states of India, a fundamental question is this: Should the bans exist in the first place? The argument can be settled quite succinctly as follows: Q. Is the cow an endangered species? Has any authority said it is in danger …
Ekta Kapoor and Vishal Bharadwaj: The pimps of brahminical patriarchy
Arvind Shesh Into the darkness of superstitions: • In May 2012, the government, in response to a question asked in the Lok Sabha, clarified that in the period 2008-2010, 528 women were murdered on the suspicion of being witches (daayans). Cases of beating and torture are not included in this. • In July 2012, …