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As The Lotus Blooms, Love Glooms
Author – Dr Jas Simran Kehal
The urge for affectionate relationships with a person of individual choice is one of our basic and fundamental necessities. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of basic…
एक शादी – दो विचारधाराओं का संघर्ष
एक बहुत ही साधारण सी शादी में हम सम्मिलित हुए | हमारे मित्र की शादी थी, मित्र एक सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता हैं | इसलिए जब से उनकी शादी तय हुई थी तो हमारे बीच लगातार विचार विमर्श जारी था | हमारा मानना था क…
Equality Over Merit – Merit Has To Get Balanced With Equality In India
A job or a seat in a college is to be obtained on the basis of Merit. There is a due process to be followed which screens people and the right ones go thru.
Merit puts people to test and ensures…
OMG! – RSS’s Poisonous Secret Agenda
The following appeared in Aajka Surekh Bharat, Nagpur, Oct. 2000, P-44, originally in Hindi, the English version is below. – editor
It is universal that RSS’s attitude towards Muslims is hostile…
Covid–19 Haunts India
COVID-19 is an acronym that stands for CORONAVIRUS DISEASE of 2019. It is a new name given by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in a press release on 2nd February 2020 for the disease caused by n…
Democracy and Virus – No One Is Safe, Until Everyone Is
As we are staring at an unprecedented situation, many of us confined in our homes or straddled in between if we are poor and unlucky, we know that the world has changed dramatically before our eyes…
Covid-19 – Maintain Physical Distance, Not Social Distance
Covid-19 has brought a new phrase to the people of India – social distancing. It originated with the World Health Organization’s attempt to curb the spread of coronavirus. Though WHO used the phras…
No, Dr. Ambedkar Did Not Appoint RSS Man Thengadi As His Election Agent – Rajiv Tuli Read Our Oral History
This is a reply to the article “Ambedkar appointed an RSS man as his election agent. That’s how close two were” by Mr Rajiv Tuli and published on 23rd of April 2020 on The Print. On the outset, I …
Untouchability In The Times Of Corona
As soon as Worth Health Organization (WHO) suggested ‘social distancing’ as a measure to curb the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), hyper-active so-called upper castes got ignited once again to jus…
Class Differences Will Come Second, Destroy Caste First
I am waiting for such a person to come in power in India who must believe and will work to establish the “ultimate democratic system” with full respect to the constitution of India. A system based …
Understanding Untouchability As A Mental Twist Of The Hindus
Dr. Ambedkar speaking on the First Report of Commissioner for Scheduled Castes in the Rajya Sabha (House of the Representatives) had this to say about ‘Untouchability’:
“I have no idea what my H…
![[In Punjabi] ਬਾਬਾਸਾਹਿਬ ਅੰਬੇਡਕਰ ਦੀ ਸਬ ਤੋਂ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ ਚਰਚਿਤ ਕਿਤਾਬ, “ਜਾਤ-ਪਾਤ ਦਾ ਬੀਜ ਨਾਸ਼” ਦਾ ਇਕ ਬਹੁਤ ਹੀ ਅਹਿਮ ਭਾਗ।](https://velivada.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ambedkar-portrait.jpg)
[In Punjabi] ਬਾਬਾਸਾਹਿਬ ਅੰਬੇਡਕਰ ਦੀ ਸਬ ਤੋਂ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ ਚਰਚਿਤ ਕਿਤਾਬ, “ਜਾਤ-ਪਾਤ ਦਾ ਬੀਜ ਨਾਸ਼” ਦਾ ਇਕ ਬਹੁਤ ਹੀ ਅਹਿਮ ਭਾਗ।
“ਜਾਤ-ਪਾਤ ਇੱਟਾਂ ਦੀ ਕੰਧ ਜਾਂ ਕੰਡਿਆਲੀ ਤਾਰ ਵਾਂਗ, ਇਕ ਵਾਸਤਵਿਕ ਚੀਜ਼ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ; ਜਿਹੜੀ ਹਿੰਦੂਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਆਪਸ ਵਿਚ ਮਿਲਣ-ਜੁਲਨ ਤੋਂ ਰੋਕਦੀ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਜਿਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਇਸਨੂੰ ਤੋੜਨਾ ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ ਹੈ।
ਜਾਤ ਇਕ ਖਿਆਲ ਹੈ, ਮਨ ਦੀ ਇਕ ਅਵਸਥਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਕਰਕੇ…
Ambedkarite Thinkers Series – Vimal Kumar, Founder of Movement for Scavengers Community
Growing up in a community in Haryana where as a young boy discriminated so harshly that the young boy could speak for a few years rose up to become the Next Generation leader lauded by American ins…
Bramhanwaadi Media and Morally Degraded Indian Intellectual Class
Malcolm X once said “The white liberal differs from white conservative only in one way: the liberal is more deceitful than conservative. Both want power, but the white liberal is the one who has pe…
8 Key Recommendation From ISDN To Prevent Discrimination In COVID-19 Relief
As COVID-19 sweeps across the world, it is crucial that we ensure that relief, health services and awareness-raising efforts are inclusive and accessible to all irrespective of caste, ethnicity, ra…
