For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Progressive Thinkers Forum of the Blind The icon of social justice and the prominent leader of the oppressed, Dr. Kalaignar Karunanidhi (1924-2018) passed away on 07.08.2018, leaving his huge legacy behind. His demise has indeed left crores of Tamilians across the world, progressive thinkers and the people who believe in alternative politics in deep sorrow. …
Bobby Kunhu In the street where my parent’s home is in the middle of Salem city, adjacent to the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s permanent residence, most local residents don’t allow Dalit domestic workers inside the house – the kitchen is, of course, a no-go area – and there are separate vessels to serve these …
Bobby Kunhu Another massacre that happened in Kachanatham, Sivagangai district, Tamil Nadu has gone virtually unnoticed in the shadow of the terrible massacre at Thoothukudi on 22nd May. Outside the local English and regional media almost no one picked up this cruel story – and the reasons must be obvious. Apart from the higher …
Bobby Kunhu There are two things that I have suspected after the Thoothukudi firing – which may seem obvious to many of the readers here. But let me reiterate those for the sake of the rest of what I am about to say. The first is that the 22nd May massacre in Thoothukudi was …
Foil Vedanta 26th May 2018 An angry protest took place today from 3-5pm at the Indian High Commission in Aldwych, London, to condemn the police firing which killed at least 13 unarmed protesters at an environmental demonstration against British company Vedanta Resources’ copper smelter in Thoothukudi (Tuticorin), Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. The London protest …
Foil Vedanta Dear friends, On Tuesday this week, police, with clear complicity of Vedanta, opened fire on the 100th day of protests against the Sterlite copper smelter in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, and killed 12 innocent and unarmed protesters. We will be holding a protest at the India High Commission (WC2B 4) in London on Saturday …
Foil Vedanta PROTESTS ESCALATE IN LONDON AND TAMIL NADU, INDIA, AGAINST POLLUTING BRITISH COPPER SMELTER A noisy protest will take place at 2 pm on Saturday 24th March at 42-44 Hill Street in Mayfair, London, as British Tamils armed with traditional Parai drums join with major demonstrations in Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, India, against …
Dr B. Ravichandran In Sandaiyur village of Madurai District, Chakkiliyars, one of the Scheduled Castes in Tamil Nadu are protesting for the 13th day since 30th January against an untouchability wall. They are demanding demolition of the wall. In protest. 70 families have left their houses and are staying under a banyan tree at …
Rajesh Rajamani Recently, when ‘Kabali’ director Pa Ranjith introduced ‘The Casteless Collective’, an initiative that attempts to politicize and mainstream ‘Gaana’ music (considered to be a musical form of the oppressed), he was accused of bringing caste into art. Popular Tamil singer Srinivas from the Iyengar community rubbished the initiative on his social media …