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सुजित निकाळजे (Sujit Nikalje) गेल्या काही वर्षांपासून शिक्षणाचे बाजारीकरण होत असून ७५ वर्षांपासून सामाजिक कार्यामध्ये ‘सामाजिक न्यायासाठी’ उभ्या असणाऱ्या टाटा सामाजिक विज्ञान संस्थेने इतर खाजगी शिक्षण संस्थांप्रमाणे शिक्षणाचे बाजारीकरण करून अनुसूचित जाती-जमाती, OBC व इतर कमकुवत तबक्यांतील विद्यार्थ्यांना शुल्क आकरण्यात आले व भरण्याची सक्ती केली आहे. शिक्षणाचे बाजारीकरण थांबवून भारतीय संविधानाने ठरवून दिलेल्या मूलभूत …

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From Brahmanisation to Privatisation: The Case of Tata Institute of Social Sciences

by rti_adminon August 12, 2017March 20, 20230

Arun Mahanand From Brahmanisation to Privatisation of Education, at the Cost of Dalit-Bahujan Students: Case of Tata Institute of Social Sciences Until the last semester, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) would provide financial support to students from SC, ST and OBC categories, who were eligible for Government of India’s (GoI) Scholarships. Students …

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Barbaric Acts: Civilized Nationalists?

by rti_adminon July 21, 2017March 20, 20236

Rajunayak Vislavath This is in response to a recent Facebook video that went viral. What you see in the video is that of a Dalit student getting brutally beaten up by upper caste students. In the beginning, it was not clear where it happened but after a couple of days, people came to know …

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Wherever Caste exists in the World, Ambedkar and Marx will remain Irreconcilable

by rti_adminon November 30, 2016March 20, 20230

Dr Manisha Bangar NVP BAMCEF In India, and wherever in the world Caste exists, Ambedkar and Marx will remain Irreconcilable. Starting from the happenings in Hyderabad Central University in August 2015 when the students of ASA were ostracized, more so from the time of the Institutional murder of Rohith Vemula in January 2016, from …

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Remembering Rohith, marching ahead for Rohith Act: HCUSU Election results 2016

by rti_adminon October 3, 2016March 20, 20230

Dr Manisha Bangar NVP BAMCEF The election results of HCUSU 2016 have brought glad tidings. Ambedkar Students Association, whose five member students including Rohith Vemula were suspended and which has been in the forefront of the #JusticeforRohith movement, has emerged as the second single largest students union. Congratulations go to Prashanth Dontha, Ms Kavya, …

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Kabali has roared: Why BAPSA was the real winner of the JNU student polls

by rti_adminon September 10, 2016March 20, 20230

Dhrubo Jyoti I have never been a big fan of presidential-style debates or Jawaharlal Nehru University. The former almost always reduces social justice to grandstanding and the number of hunger strikes while the latter takes itself too seriously as the citadel of equality, never mind the festering casteism, sexism and homophobia. Therefore, when I …

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Today is the day of unity of the oppressed: Rahul Sonpimple

by rti_adminon September 8, 2016March 20, 20232

Rahul Punaram Sompimple (Following is a rough transcription and translation of Rahul Sonpimple’s speech for the Presidentital election at JNUSU delivered on 8th September, 2016. Parts of the speech had to be omitted owing to lack of a fully audible video and disturbances) {youtube}zh5Dt3Ee1eI{/youtube} To all the people that have come here for the …

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Dalit, Bahujan, Adivasi Struggles and Emerging Political Alternatives: BAPSA in JNU

by rti_adminon September 6, 2016March 20, 20230

Dalit, Adivasi and Bahujan Struggle in campuses and emerging BAPSA as a political alternative in JNU: Special reference to Rahul Punaram Sonpimple Joy Prafful Lakra Mr. Mahadev Toppo, a noted Adivasi writer has said that Adivasis have to take up ‘कलम, कूची और कैमरा’ (Pen, Paint Brush and Camera) to express themselves and extend …

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The Untiring Blue: Journey of Rahul Sonpimple

by rti_adminon September 5, 2016March 20, 202323

Youth for Self and Social Change, Nagpur Dear friends, We, the members of Youth for Self and Social Change (YSSC)1, Nagpur, request you to vote for Rahul Sonpimple, who is contesting for president in JNU student union election 2016. Here, we, the group members would like to extend our support to Rahul as candidate …