Round Table India As the media continues the blackout of the massive numbers of arrests of young men who the police have identified as Buddhists and or Ambedkarites from Dalit communities all over Maharashtra, social media networks are working hard to keep information flowing to the affected families and victims of police action. Several …
‘I would differentiate between the Bahujan movement and Bahujan politics’: Prof Vivek Kumar
Round Table India Continued from here. This is the second part of the transcription of Round Table India’s interaction with Prof Vivek Kumar, Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, for the Ambedkar Age series of films. In the interview, Prof Vivek Kumar …
In the Stream of Consciousness with Priyadarshini Ohol: Solo Exhibition in Kolkata
Round Table India You are cordially invited to the first Calcutta gallery solo of Priyadarshini Ohol – a Bombay artist who paints at her studio in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. The artist at the opening. The painting “El Dorado” (48″ x 36″ Acrylic on Canvas) appears in the background. The exhibition is on view from …
‘Saheb: The Man Who Became a Movement’– Support the making of this Documentary
Round Table India Saheb is considered to be an extension of Babasaheb Ambedkar in post-independence India. Such was his influence on Indian society, and especially the political arena, that Prof Kancha Ilaiah referred to him as representing a ‘paradigm shift’. Ilaiah says: ‘He made the Bahujans (not just SCs but SCs, STs and OBCs) …
For a fistful of self-respect: Organised secular and religious ideologies and emancipatory struggles
Round Table India We are happy to announce the first of a series of conversations between participants and stakeholders in emancipatory struggles of Annihilation of Caste and Racial Inequality. Dates: 9/29/17 and 9/30/17. Location: Jackson, Mississippi. As members of marginalized communities involved in historic struggles of Racial equality and Annihilation of Caste, this is an …
‘Indian education doesn’t have any emancipatory agenda’: Prof Vivek Kumar
Round Table India This is the transcription of Round Table India‘s interaction with Prof Vivek Kumar, Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, for the Ambedkar Age series of films. In the interview, Prof Vivek Kumar touches upon a vast range of subjects, including the contours …
Release of ‘What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means to Me’ eBook: Get your free copy!
The Shared Mirror Publishing House We are happy to share news of the release of our second book. ‘What Babasaheb Means to Me’ is an edited volume that compiles articles by authors on Round Table India and Savari. Here is an excerpt from the preface of the book edited by Sruthi Herbert, Chetana Sawai and Gurinder Azad: “… This …
Teri Zameen Tera Aasman – World Premiere of Documentary Film on Women
Round Table India World Premiere Film Screening of TERI ZAMEEN TERA AASMAAN: Bhartiya Nari! Tu Aazaad Kahaan?(Your Earth Your Sky: O Indian Woman! Where thou art free?) ~ {youtube}vQq2OdjCI80{/youtube} This screening will be a part of the The International Conference onRe-imagining Religion, Caste and Social Justice in South AsiaThe 3rd annual conference Production and …
Our New Title: What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means to Me
The Shared Mirror Publishing House Jai Bhim! As we enter the 126th birth year of Babasaheb Ambedkar, The Shared Mirror is honoured to publish a compilation of essays on the theme ‘What Babasaheb Ambedkar Means To Me’ as a freely downloadable e-book, to be made available very soon! For updates please follow our Facebook page!https://www.facebook.com/WhatBabasahebMeans/?pnref=story …