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Ambedkar Emerged As Modern Prometheus of India

Ambedkar Emerged As Modern Prometheus of India

Author – Vishwanath Shegaonkar, IAS (Retired)

In Greek mythology, the life story of Prometheus, a Titan, was remarkably interesting and adventurous who had protected humankind from its extinctio…

Toxic Hegemonic Hindu (Brahmin-Savarna) Masculinity Causing Vaccine Apartheid During India’s Covid-19 Crisis

Authors: Narmada P and Jyoti B

Vaccine deprivation is falsely presented as vaccine hesitancy among marginalized sections by the mainstream media in India.

Misinformations, rumours, and all ki…

Sikhism, Caste and Ambedkar

Author – Dr Amritpal Kaur

According to Linda Alcoff, a feminist philosopher and social epistemologist, Identities are culturally located historical formations, open to reinterpretation. She conc…

[Poem] Hindu Fas(Caste)cism

have you seen the beast that snares? . either at you or me or others to whom is unimportant . Undeniable truth is that it snares. . Snare becomes your face perhaps you have butcher…

Why is India Shying to Teach Critical Caste Theory?

Author – Jaimine Vaishnav

Caste is the oldest apartheid that continues to pauperise the human and social capital of the oppressed community, especially the Dalits. Verily, the caste apologists a…

The Problem with Swaero and the Contemporary Discourse on Ambedkarism

Authors – Shogun Gaikwad, Jyoti Bania and Ashok Danavath

Note: We as SC-ST Ambedkarite students, strongly condemn the targeting of Praveen Kumar, IPS by BJP leaders and Hindu Right-wing groups….

In Conversation with Dr Rajkumar Hans, Historian, Professor, Academic and Punjabi Dalit Activist

Author – Dr Suresh Kumar

S. K. It is generally argued that traditional Punjabi societies have been liberal or less casteist as compared to other regions such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu Andhra an…

‘Dharma’ in Mahabharata is a Brahminical Construction, Not any Transcendental Ethical Values

Author – Abhik (Mohd. Uzair)

Savarna Liberal Academicians have always tried to justify both Brahminical Patriarchy and the entrenched caste system in one way or another. The recent addition to t…

Ambedkar International Center Files Amicus Brief in the Cisco Caste Lawsuit

Ambedkar International Center USA has filed an Amicus Brief in Cisco Caste Discrimination Case in California, USA.

Ambedkar International Center has filed an amicus curiae brief opposing Cisco’s…

On Manusmriti Dahan Divas – 8 Ways Brahminical Patriarchy Affects Me

Author – Sheeva Yamuna

I decided to go with an 8 points list, the most clichéd approach to “name” the problem because it is so difficult to put everything in one article otherwise. It is also di…

From Khairlanji To Hathras – Do Dalits Have Access To Legal Justice In This Country?

Author – Sowjanya Tamalapakula

Dalits live like Jews in Holocaust Germany and Black slaves in Pre-capitalist America. Yet, the world knows nothing about their pain! Dalits live in this country w…

How To Be An Ally? Here Is The Answer

Author – Shivani Waldekar

In the USA, on 25th May 2020, when Gorge Floyd, an unarmed Black man, murdered in police custody by Minneapolis and video viral were showed a white police officer kneel…