Hindu Right, Ambedkar And JNU Politics
The ABVP activists are hopeful that their “achievement” of having the library renamed after Dr Ambedkar will help them woo lower-caste students, particularly Dalits. With the JNUSU elections approaching, the…
Annihilate Caste
Dr. Ambedkar’s Historical Speech At Agra
(Note: This is Dr. Ambedkar’s historical speech (18th March, 1956) in which he had put forward his experiences and the future strategy. In this speech he had addressed different sections…
Racial Profiling Of African Americans In US And Caste Discrimination In India
The African-American community has long suspected that they have been profiled, unjustly pulled over and killed by the police for the most ridiculous reasons. The typical response of the police…
Jignesh Mevani: A Leader Is Born
Very successful press conference at the Press Club of India, New Delhi by Jignesh Mevani, lawyer and Dalit activist from Gujarat. Very good attendance. Lot of questioning by journos' almost…
History In The Making, Dalit Leaders Must Step Up To It
It is not surprising that the recent protests by dalits, especially the vigorous one in Ahmedabad following the Una incident in which four dalits were mercilessly beaten for skinning dead…
Una March: Challenging The Caste Barriers
The Dalit march from Ahmedabad to Una has emerged as an important social revolt of the Dalits in Gujarat.This mass up-surgence is challenging the very base of the caste system.…
Demand For Dismissal Of Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi And Apologies For Insulting The Tribal Community
Kiran Bedi, Ex IAS officer, an active member of a political party and Puducherry Lt Governor, has insulted and condemned de-notified tribes by tweeting on 2ndAugust: ''Ex-criminal tribes are known…
‘Swachch Bharat Without ‘Untouchability And Caste Discrimination’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is 'honoring' a safai karmchari from Hyderabad Municipal Corporation for his 'commitment' to the duty. NDTV's Uma Sudhir reported that the said 'civic worker' always come…
New York Times Calls Modi’s Silence “Shameful”
One doesn’t often see a respected international media house asking a democratic republic’s prime minister to break his silence in an editorial. Even more rare is it to see…
Stop Criminalising Communities
The term 'criminal tribe' was introduced by the British in the legal system. It was definitely a racial profiling or clubbing of communities. It is not strange therefore most of…
The Revolution We Are Waiting For
But don’t talk about revolution That’s going a bit too far --Phil Ochs Everyone is buoyed by the recent Dalit uprising in Gujarat, as we should be. Much as the…
Dalit Anger Boils Over In Gujarat
The simmering anger of Dalits of Gujarat over the flogging of Dalit youths by Gau Rakshaks (cow protection squad) in Utna boiled over into a massive rally in Ahmedabad and…
Fable For Our Times: The Lion Of Gujarat Is Silent
According to the Gujarat CID, a lion killed Najabhai Ahir's cow in Bediya village. Najabhai informed Balu Sarvaiya of Mota village on the morning of July 11, 2016 to come…
Political Battles Need Bigger Social Coalition
It was a solidarity protest against atrocities on Dalits in Gujarat and other parts of the country. Numerous organisations came. Jantar Mantar, during the session of Parliament, was crowded as…
Ambedkar’s Path Alone Will Liberate Dalits
It was good to see Ms Mayawati in her strong way taking on the Sangh Parivar. She need to return to her old self. There is no need to read…
Authoritarian Rule At University Of Hyderabad
This is the shades of democracy where socially and politically privileged caste and class predominantly exercise their power. Generally, it is understood that, in democracy, everyone is equal before the…
Burning Of Dalit Houses At Odisha And Deliberate Inaction By The Government Machinery
The PUCL is deeply concerned at the growing caste atrocities on dalits by the upper caste communities in the state, particularly in the rural areas. Of more concern is the…
Using Ambedkar Against Dalits
In 2014 Narendra Modi rode a massive campaign promising Acche Din for the people of our country. After suffering for 2 years from the witch-hunting of the minorities, murders of…
Prof. Mahesh Chandra Guru Arrested
The Karnataka police have arrested BP Mahesh Chandra Guru, a professor in the journalism department of Mysore University and a well-known Phule-Ambedkarite writer. Professor Guru had made some sharp comments…
A Conversation With Bhagwan Das
Bhagwan Das is one of the most prominent faces of Ambedkarite movement. He worked with Baba Saheb Ambedkar and brought out the unpublished work of Baba Saheb : Thus Spoke…
Re-Reading Dr BR Ambedkar’s Earliest Paper On Caste 100 Years Later
It is hundred years since Dr B.R. Ambedkar (1891-1956) wrote, CASTES IN INDIA: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development, a Paper he presented on 9th May 1916 at an Anthropology Seminar…
Dalit Assertion – Strategic Considerations
Paper presented at the 2016 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences – Sessions: Caste Oppression Today, University of Calgary (Alberta, Canada) By Dalit Assertion, I mean: The right to influence,…
Visioning Bahujan Rashtra Against Hindu Rashtra: BSS vs RSS
This is a monograph of an organization which is involved in reclaiming the Bahujan’s historical legacy of resistance and struggle for right to dignity for all Bahujans and creating knowledge,…
The Quest For Human Rights Was The Essence Of Dr Ambedkar’s Life
A presentation made at London School of Economics on 16th June 2016 in the conference organised by Federation of Ambedkarite and Buddhists organisations, UK in collaboration with London School of…
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