Casteism
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From Basic Needs to Basic Rights – Time to Fulfill Dr Ambedkar’s Dream
Abstract: Dalit community in India is a very significant community in terms of their large number. It is not possible for any political party to ignore them during the elections. Their proportionat…
How Gandhi Established Brahmin Rule in Independent India
When we remember the message of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar that “If we make aware the slaves regarding their slavery they will revolt.” It is for this reason that BAMCEF is organising the programs at v…
BJP Government in Gujarat Changed Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Final Advice – Educate, Agitate, Organize
In his last advice to untouchables, Dr Ambedkar said, “my final words of advice to you are Educate, Agitate and Organize.”
But BJP government in Gujarat is hellbent to distort that famous slogan…
Selling Spirituality and Religions in India
Selling spirituality is a title of the book that attempts to show how spirituality is commodified and monetised in the capitalist mode by making an appeal to individuality and the individual enligh…
Why We Need Dalit Voices in Mainstream Media
“You divided us in the name of caste, you do not allow us to drink water from wells in the name of caste, you do not allow us to ride horses in weddings in the name of caste, you do not allow us to…
Caste Issue and the Media Coverage
A video went viral of Sakshi Mishra, daughter of BJP MLA- Rajesh Mishra, in which she can be seen, asking for protection from her father and his henchmen who are allegedly opposing her marriage to…
Caste in Indian Judiciary
Caste is entrenched into every institution under the constitution of India. Judiciary is no exception. But due to lack of proportionate representation to the citizens from the various diverse group…
The Significance of 1972’s ‘Black Independence’ and Remembering Raja Dhale
It was the year 1972, India was celebrating its 25th Independence Day. On that same day, a young Dalit man had written ‘controversial’ article named -Black independence (Kala Swatantrya Din) in ‘Sa…
31 विशेषाधिकार, जो सिर्फ ब्राह्मणों को हासिल हैं
1) अगर मैं ब्राह्मण हूं तो समाज में मुझे आदर मिलेगा और मेरे नाम के साथ जी या पंडित जोड़ा जाएगा
2) अगर मैं ब्राह्मण हूं तो मुझे देश की किसी भी हाउसिंग सोसायटी में घर मिलने में दिक्कत नहीं होगी.
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Stopping the Epistemic Violence of Caste
Caste manifests into social, economic, and political violence. It perpetuates a fear among the people against whom it is stacked. This silent violence manifests into actual violence in the form of …
Dilip Mandal Presents “Thesis on Brahmin Privilege”
In western social science, we have ample literature on white privilege. The most popular of these was written by Peggy Mcintosh in 1989 – of Caucasian descent and equipped with honesty to write abo…
Injustice By The Justice
Justice! Yes, I am talking about justice and the Justice! What is justice, ask a jurist or learned scholar and he will give hefty definitions of the simple term “justice = Insaf = Nyaya”. And ask t…
Relief Discrimination – Even Natural Disasters Cannot Wipe Out Caste Lines
In Kerala, the Dalits are discriminated against during the relief work. During the natural disasters, humanity becomes helpless and many hands come to rescue the affected people. It is heartening t…
On Kabir and Movement Away from Brahminism!
Kabir panth was registered as a separate religion in 1881 census and subsequent censuses recognised it as a separate religion. After the 1901 census, the Kabir panthis were not counted. It is diffi…
Isolate and Defeat Perpetrators of Lynching: A Lynching Nation Cannot be Democratic!
PADS statement against recent cases of public lynching in different parts of the country
The seven day period from 13th June to 20th June, 2018 saw four Muslim men lynched at Hapur (UP) and at G…