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Bahujan Paksha’s Manifesto – Vitthal Ramji Shinde
Maharshi Vitthal Ramji Shinde contested the new council elections that took place in Bombay Presidency in 1920 from the Pune city. He published a long article titled ‘Bahujan Paksh’ in Baroda’s Jag…
Appeal To Support Nalanda Academy, Wardha
Dear Friends,
Jaibhim!
We are now in our third week of the new batch 2019-20. We have 230 students studying with us, at present, coming from 15 states across the country, from rural areas, no…
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…
Homage to Buddhist Panther – Raja Dhale
People of my generations in the Ambedkarite families grew up listening stories about Dalit Panthers. Raja Dhale was a prominent panther. The spirit of Dalit Panther is still needed, and perhaps mor…
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…
Why Read Babasaheb Ambedkar
Patrick French, the author of India: a portrait, is fascinated by Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. He even counts Essential Writings of Babasaheb Ambedkar as a must-read to know India. He also describes the …
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 …
Welcome The Blue Dawn – A Mental Health Care Support Group For Bahujans
“What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full of inequality, discrimination and other things, which conflict with our fundamen…
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…
Congress would be a liability for BSP-SP in Uttar Pradesh
They Asked Me, “Do You Face Caste Discrimination?” – Everyday Experience of a Dalit Woman
Before starting to write my words I want to give one disclaimer here that whatever I am writing comes from my personal lived experience, so if anyone is hurt because of that, I apologise. If you ar…
Stories of Discrimination in Kerala
Kerala boasted of a development model. The false claim of development was busted by the massive floods that wrecked the state infrastructure and left many, particularly Dalits and Adivasis, homeles…
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…
मुर्दाबाद के नारो के बीच संविधान और आंबेडकर
समकालीन परिपेक्ष मे घटित होने वाली निराशाजनक घटनाये निश्चित ही चिंता का विषय है. भारतीय लोकतंत्र जहा हम सभी को अभिव्यक्ती की स्वतंत्रता प्रदान करता है वही बुनियादी अधिकरो के साथ कुछ कर्तव्य भी निर्…