Rakesh Ram S (SAVARI and Round Table India are doing a series to put together the Bahujan perspective on the Coronavirus pandemic) Anu Ramdas: Welcome Rakesh, thank you for taking the time. Kerala has a very large diaspora and also a large number of people working in different States in India. It has a lot …
Hindu religion is the real culprit: Why do people avoid talking about it?
Vaishali Khandekar “In spite of what others say the Hindu will not admit that there is anything evil in the Caste System and from one point he is right. There is love, unity and mutual aid among members of a family. There is honour among theives. A band of robbers have common interests as …
Reservation based on economic status will annihilate social justice: Dr. Thol. Thirumavalavan
Suresh RV This discussion was held on 3.5.2019, before Respected Dr. Thol. Thirumavalavan was elected Member of the Parliament. We express our sincere thanks to him for giving us this opportunity and our best wishes for his victory in the elections. The discussion was based on the topic of 10% reservations given to the …
பொருளாதார அடிப்படையிலான இடஒதுக்கீடு சமூக நீதியை அழித்தொழித்து விடும் – முனைவர். தொல். திருமாவளவன்
Suresh R V பொருளாதாரத்தில் நலிந்த உயர்சாதியினருக்கு வழங்கப்படும் 10 சதவிகிதம் இடஒதுக்கீடு குறித்து முனைவர். தொல். திருமாவளவன், எம்.பி அவர்களுடனான ஒரு உரையாடல். இந்த உரையாடல் 3.5.2019 அன்று நிகழ்ந்தது., அதாவது, மதிப்பிற்குரிய முனைவர்.தொல் திருமாவளவன் அவர்கள் எம்.பி. ஆக தேர்தலில் வெற்றிப்பெறுவதற்கு முன்பாக நடந்தது. எங்களுக்கு இந்த வாய்ப்பினை தந்ததற்கு நன்றிகளையும், தேர்தலில் வெற்றிப்பெற்றதற்கு எங்களது வாழ்த்துகளையும் நாங்கள் தெரிவித்துக் கொள்கிறோம்.
The 124th Amendment and the Politics of Retrieving Slipping Votes
Omprakash Mahato With the Lok Sabha elections approaching closer, one can observe different political parties indulging in lot of political gimmicks and electoral gambling. These electoral gimmicks and vote bank politics are not limited to a specific political party, it is rather a general political rhetoric that has evolved as a trend ahead of …
Reservation for Upper Castes: First Step to Eliminate Reservation and Change the Constitution
Jitendra Suna The government of India has brought out a bill in a day without the knowledge of its citizens and stakeholders of the reservation system. BJP government after an unsuccessful attempt to scrap the SC/ST Atrocity Act have started another vicious act of tampering with the constitution through reservation policy. This time they …
Savarna Christian contributions to ‘Hindu’ Nationalism: The example of Srambickal Kuruvilla George
Nidhin Shobhana (Paper presented at the India International Islamic Academic Conference held on 8-9 October, 2016, at the India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi.) Abstract: By late 19th century and early 20th century, one finds the emergence of an ‘upper-caste’ Christian public sphere comprised of theologians who identified themselves with the values of ‘Hindu’ and ‘Hindu Nationalism’. …
Against Brahminical Tradition: A Dalit Critique of Indian Modernity
Dr. P. Kesava Kumar ‘I don’t know when I was born/but I was killed on this very soil thousand years ago/ ‘dying again and again to be born again’/ I don’t know the karma theory/I am being born again and again where I was dead.’1 ~ Kalekuri Prasad History!/ all these years how could …
Chintu Kumari’s flawed defense of the Left
Murali Ramathoti The essence of Chintu Kumari’s response, that “The left and the Ambedkarite movements need Debate and Unity”, is to say that CPIML Liberation’s (henceforth Liberation) struggle focuses not only on economic lines but on social lines too, i.e. on caste, feudal pride, women’s degradation etc. To justify her argument she narrated the …