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No, Mr Shivam, Mayawati Should NOT Give Up Her PM Ambitions
In his latest article on ThePrint, Shivam Vij is saying Mayawati should give up her prime ministerial ambitions and her best place is a sutradhar (someone who strings together these disparate beads…
Violence of the State is the Antithesis of Democracy #SterliteProtest
Why is it wrong to kill protesting people?
In Tamil Nadu, at least 12 people died after the police (and some sources claim that sharpshooters) opened fire on the protesters for closing the smelt…
Politics in Democracy
In India, the Brahminical system is always trying to create the bipolarity in politics, the voters have either this or that choice. They do not have a plethora of choices to choose from, at least a…
Away from Brahminical Hinduism: Ayya Sect of Tamil Nadu Demands Separate Status
In India, there are many panths and sampradaya. Most of them are very different from each other and they at many times do not hold anything in common. For example, there are so many saints in India…
22nd May (1987) – Remembering Hashimpura Massacre
22nd May (1987) brings bitter memories when Hashimpura massacre took place where 42 innocent Muslim youths were killed by Indian armed forces and no justice was ever delivered. Hashimpura became re…
Rape of Democracy – RSS/BJP’s Unholy Rule in Karnataka
Democracy is keeping India intact and as one nation. What is common between the person from the Tamil Nadu and the person from Uttar Pradesh is their being citizens of this country as granted by th…
Free Speech in the Ambedkarite Movement
The voice of dissent is as important as the voice of consent. The Ambedkarite movement is not a monotonous movement. It is spread across regions, linguistic landscapes, different caste configuratio…
गोरखपुर गगहा थाना क्षेत्र में पुलिस द्वारा दलितों के ऊपर गोलीबारी की कड़ी निंदा – रिहाई मंच
योगी सरकार में उत्तर प्रदेश की पुलिस रणवीर सेना की भूमिका निभा रही है – मंच
20 मई को गोरखपुर में होने वाले सम्मलेन में गगहा के दलितों का सवाल प्रमुख मुद्दा
रिहाई मंच का जाँच दल जल्द करेगा गोर…
Jesus’s Challenge to Brahminism
To me first encounter with Jesus was when I was maybe 7-8 years old. I remember receiving booklets on Jesus, in the early 1990s, from Christian missionaries in my village. I also remember, as a chi…
Babasaheb Ambedkar and Movement of Women
While studying at Columbia University, young Babasaheb wrote a letter back to Jamedar, in which, he is beseeched him to encourage education in the community. He stresses the importance of education…
Book Review : 1920 Mangaon Parishad – Anointment of the Emancipator
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Pradnyawant Gautam and Praveen Gawali have written an excellent book titled above. The book is subtitled as “The Tale of Shahu Maharaj and Babasaheb Ambedkar…
सचिन वालिया को समर्पित कविता: सचिन की शहादत
सचिन की शहादत
भीड़ की शक्ल में
तुम कायर राजपूतों ने
छिपकर गोलियां चलाई
भीम आर्मी सचिन पर।
तुम बहुत मुग़ालते में हो,
तुम्हें लगा कि हम वीरान हो गए
आसमां से गिरकर समशान हो गए।
सचिन की शहादत इंक…
Gandhi – Ambedkar Correspondence That You Haven’t Read
DISCUSSION WITH B.R. AMBEDKAR
September 22, 1932
AMBEDKAR: We must accept that in the country there are two groups belonging to two different ideologies and act accordingly, and I should get …
Sharing Experiences and Building Bridges to Connect Marginalized
The remarkable social mobilization of SCs and STs on the 2nd April 2018 was historic. Never in the history of India, so many millions have risen together against the violation of their rights. Yet,…
Archaeology of Buddhism and Archaeology of Mind
Scores of books are written on the archaeology of mind from many perspectives. But one of the interesting perspectives that take into account the development of the tools by our ancestors and under…