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Do Not Believe In Fate, Believe In Your Strength – Babasaheb Ambedkar
Thane District Conference was held at Kasara on Saturday, 18th February 1933. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar presided over the Conference. Dr. Ambedkar reached Kasara at 8 pm. by car from Bombay. Mr. Shivtarka…
साहेब कांशी राम के जीवन पर एक संक्षिप्त रेखाचित्र
भारत में बहुजन इंक़लाब लाने वाले साहब कांशी राम का जन्म 15 मार्च 1934 को उनके नैनिहाल गाँव पिरथी पुर बुंगा साहिब, जिला रोपड़, पंजाब में हुआ था, उनका अपना पैतृक गाँव खुआसपुर, जिला रोपड़ (अब रूपनगर), पं…
बहुजन समाज के लिए मैलकम X के संघर्ष को जानना क्यों जरूरी है?
Malcolm X(एक्स ), नस्लीय असमानता के खिलाफ जंग छेड़ने वाला महान अफ़्रीकी-अमरीकी योद्धा।
अमरीका में नस्लीय असमानता के खिलाफ लम्बा संघर्ष हुआ, जिसमें कई महान नेताओं ने अपनी अहम भूमिका निभाई। इन सब मे…
Flyer Published Before Mahad Satyagraha In 1927
Public Announcement For the people attending the Mahad Satyagraha
Those attending the Satyagraha at Mahad beginning on 25-12-27 are hereby requested that they carry with them a plate, a tum…
Hindu Mahasabha, ‘Fallacious’ ‘Propaganda’ ‘Deceptive’ Organisation – From the Pages of Bahishkrit Bharat
The following appeared in Bahishkrit Bharat on Friday, 4th Nov 1927 under the heading of “Current Issues”. The original text is in Marathi and translation to English is done by Prashant Bhaware. Th…
Must Watch Documentary “Sangharsh. Times of Strife” – Story of Dalit Panther Activists in Uttar Pradesh
Author – Pardeep Attri
‘Sangharsh’ is a documentary made by Nicolas Jaoul, a French anthropologist, who provides a grassroots glimpse into Dalit politics in Uttar Pradesh.
Shot in the late 19…
Swami Acchutanand and Adi-Hindu Movement
As a prominent ideologue and leader of the Adi-Hindu movement of early 20th century, he proclaimed an autonomous identity for the then Untouchables. Swami Acchutanand (1879-1938).
Written by…
Revisiting the Poona Pact
Even after 75 years, the Poona Pact remains the biggest obstacle for the emergence of an autonomous and strong Dalit political leadership.
“Whatever is wrongly settled is never settled and …
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…
Remembering lyothee Thass – Pioneer of the revival of Buddhism in India and beyond
Today (5th May) is the death anniversary of the great Buddhist leader lyothee Thass. He died on 5th May 1914. He left behind the vast movement, literature, and leaders. Like most of his writings ar…
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…
The Value Of A Man Is Axiomatic, Self-Evident – Babasaheb Ambedkar
“On 18th January 1928, a meeting was convened by the Depressed Classes at Trymbak, near Nasik, which is a place of pilgrimage of the Hindus, to consider a proposal for building a temple in the name…
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…
Dr Ambedkar’s Message To “Chamar” Community – Your Heirs Will Call You Impotent
In April 1927, to awaken community’s conscience, Babasaheb Ambedkar started a fortnightly bulletin in Marathi called ‘Bahishkrit Bharat’. He regularly wrote on social, economic, political and relig…
When Martin Luther King Jr. Was “Introduced” As An Untouchable In India
Dalits from almost last one century have been trying to build solidarity among discriminated communities across the world. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar had written to Du Bois in 1946 to collaborate with A…