For An Informed Ambedkar Age
Gurinder Azad SAVARI describes itself as: “We are adivasi, bahujan and dalit women. Here we share our thoughts about our lives and the society we live in, including conflicts with the self, family and community. These are perspectives from our history, and our dreams for the future. Here we are in conversations with each …
ದಿನೇಶ್ ಅಮಿನ್ ಮಟ್ಟು (Dinesh Aminmattu) ನನಗೆ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾರು ರೋಲ್ ಮಾಡೆಲ್ ಅಂತ ಕೇಳಿದರೆ ಅದು ಬಾಬಾಸಾಹೇಬ್ ಅಂಬೇಡ್ಕರ್. ಇದನ್ನು ಬಹಳ ಸಂದರ್ಭಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದೇನೆ ಮತ್ತೇ ಅದನ್ನೆ ಹೇಳುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಬಾಬಾ ಸಾಹೇಬ್ ಅಂಬೇಡ್ಕರ್ ಅವರು ಸಂವಿಧಾನ ಶಿಲ್ಪಿ, ದಲಿತರ ನಾಯಕ, ಏನೆಲ್ಲಾ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅದರ ಜೊತೆ ಅವರೊಬ್ಬ ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತರೂ ಆಗಿದ್ದರು ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ನಾವು ಮರೆತಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ೧೯೨೦ ರಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂಕ ನಾಯಕ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ಅವರು ಪ್ರಾರಂಭ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಅದರ ಎಡಿಟೋರಿಯಲ್ ಗಳ ಒಂದು ಪುಸ್ತಕ …
Devanuru Mahadeva The ‘touch me not’ words of today are ‘tolerance’ and ‘intolerance’. By connecting purity with untouchability, India became a land of the half living and the half dead. So it may be safer to speak less. I too am trying to understand. Without understanding the existing intolerant behaviour, tolerance also can’t be …
Harohalli Ravindra The usage of the phrase ‘Loafer Ram’ has become a hotly discussed topic today. The person who used this phrase, a senior professor in the Department of Journalism in Mysore University, Prof. Mahesh Chandra Guru, was issued a body warrant and detained in Mysore Central Jail for one week from 17-06-2016. And …
Kadhiravan Round Table India talked to Joe D’Cruz on 12th July, 2015. Joe D’ Cruz is a renowned Tamil writer, novelist, famous for his novels, Aazhi Soozh Ulagu, and Korkai. Joe D’ Cruz hails from the coastal village Uvari in Tamil Nadu and his novels and his works revolve around the life, struggle, history, culture, …
On Sharmila Rege’s First Death Anniversary, a Satyashodhak Review of her Last Book (First published in ‘Miloon saarya jani’, online Marathi magazine, in July 2014) Lata P. M. (Translated from Marathi by Minakshee Rode, Nidhin Shobhana) Dr. Sharmila Rege was the director of Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Women’s Studies Centre, University of Pune. On 13th July …
Kathi Padma Rao (This is a translation of his Telugu article ‘bhaaratiiya saamaajika gharshaNalanunDi aavirbhavincina taatvikuDu mahaatma jOtiravu phuulE’) Mahatma Jyotirao Phule is a thinker who shook brahmanic India’s foundations. No philosopher is born on his own, he emerges from the conflict between various historical forces. In India, Phule and Ambedkar are the most …
Braj Ranjan Mani किसकी चाय बेचता है तू ~ ब्रजरंजन मणि अपने को चाय वाला क्यूँ कहता है तू बात-बात पे नाटक क्यूँ करता है तू चाय वालों को क्यों बदनाम करता है तू साफ़ साफ़ बता दे किसकी चाय बेचता है तू ! खून लगाकर अंगूठे पे शहीद कहलाता है और कॉर्पोरेट …
Challapalli Swaroopa Rani (Published in EPW in 1998) It has taken a long time for dalit women to overcome their oppression as women, as dalits and put to creative use the gains of social and literary movements. There are of course common issues that bind dalit men and women, like untouchability and caste oppression. …