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#NameThemShameThem and Hypocrisy of Savarna Feminists
On 23rd October 2017, Raya Sarkar, 24 years old law student published a Facebook post compiling a list of male academics and professors (mostly from so-called upper castes) accused of sexual harass…
Courageous Raya Sarkar and #MeToo and #NameThemShameThem Campaigns
It took over two decades for the leading ladies of Hollywood to speak against the media mogul who harassed them by the virtue of the power he holds in the film industry. The #metoo campaign really …
Dussehra Diwali Versus Vijyadashmi and Deepdan-Utsava
This month the Hindus celebrate two of their main festivals: Dashahra and Diwali. The Buddhists celebrate Vijayadashmi and Deepdan-utsava respectively on the same days. The Brahmanist scholars clai…
Buddhism and Social Revolution
When Babasaheb Ambedkar embraced Buddhism publicly in 1956 in Nagpur, he planned to have conversion ceremonies throughout India: Agra, Chennai, and Mumbai were on the planning map. The conversion m…
Do Depressed Classes Desire Temple Entry? – What Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Said
N. B. :- Gandhi requested Dr. Ambedkar to lend his support to Dr. Subbarayan’s Temple entry Bill and that of Ranga Iyer-when both met on 4th Feb. 1934 at Yeravada Prison. Dr. Ambedkar declined in p…
Politics of Reservation in Temples in Kerala and Temple Reforms
Travancore was a progressive princely state and Maharaja of Travancore was counted among one of the progressive Maharajas during the British Raj. The Travancore Temple Management Board has applied …
Why does Rahul Gandhi Want to Protect RSS/BJP?
India’s backward classes must understand that the Congress party is not their friend. Its rule of many decades had done next to nothing to mitigate the problems facing the backward classes. Rahul G…
Theft in Caste System
When Prof. Kancha described Bania capitalism in India as social smuggling, the Banias in South threatened with violence and death threats. He had to undergo self-imposed house arrest. The word he u…
Congress wants Dalit votes for Rajput CM in Himachal Pradesh
Presently in the 68 member Himachal Pradesh (HP) Assembly, Congress has 36 MLAs and BJP has 26 MLAs. The assembly election is scheduled on 9th Nov’17 and the result will be declared on 18th Dec’17….
A Few Poems from “Sudirsukt – Hymns of a Shudra” – Book Which Brahmins Want to Ban
Let me share educationist and well-known translator Prof Augusto Pinto’s translations — from the e-pages of the Goa Book Club — of Sudirsukt, a collection of poems by the former legislator in the…
Caste Equation, Politics and Upcoming Elections in Gujarat
It appears that the Congress Party has started talking to “dissidents” of the caste system. The press reported that one of the famous leaders of SC, ST, and OBC Ekta Manch, Alpesh Thakore, is joini…
BJP Led Maharashtra Government Loots SC/ST Sub-Plan Funds
Diwali is celebrated by giving gifts to others, but Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister, Maharashtra is setting a new trend of diverting amount of Rs. 1000 Crore from Scheduled Caste Component and Sc…
Kejriwal Govt. Goes Against its Own Notification to Remove Reservation
Delhi Govt had published a recruitment notice last year for engagement of Guest Trained Graduate Teachers (TGT) Urdu / and TGT Punjabi in Delhi Govt Schools for 2016-17. As the notice dated 28/10/2…
61st Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Din Celebration in New York City
We are delighted to share that the 61st Dhamma Chakra Pravartan day was celebrated in New York City on October 14th, 2017. The venue was within less than a mile away from the Columbia University wh…
Understanding Indian Communist Leadership – From ‘Why I am not a Hindu’ by Prof Kancha Ilaiah
Notionally the Communist leadership was trying to portray itself as an integral part of the masses and to stress that it was no different from the people. But in reality the Dalitbahujan masses and…