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“The Constitution is Our Dharma”
When the constitution of India was promulgated and India chose to place the “Dhamma Chakra”, the wheel of the Dhamma, on the Indian national flag, a famous Buddhist monk, Lama Govind, wrote that th…
Vedic Education in India – RSS/BJP Wants to Push India Into Dark Age
As the great John Dewey said, golden age lies in the future, not in the past. The India’s upper castes have always been trying to invent that lost age in India: the Golden Vedic period. If we study…
Bluff Master (Boose Basiye) and Band Master
Gauri Lankesh was killed. She was critical of RSS/BJP and Modi. After the news of her death was released, the RSS/BJP troll made a horrible comment: A bitch is dead and the puppies are cooing. The …
Why was Narendra Dabholkar Killed? For Challenging Hindu Orthodoxy
Narendra Dabholkar was assassinated by the far-right forces in India. Far Right in India has been posing a great danger to India as a nation. Why was Narendra Dabholkar killed?
He was trying to …
New Lessons in Democracy – Coming Soon to Schools Near You
If you are a political party running a government in a ‘free’ and ‘democratic’ country but interested in being in power forever (some call this aspiration “fascist” and others mild it down to “auth…
An Open Letter to AUD – The Many Ways a Student Can be Violated by an Institution
I am no more a student of Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD). My right to education has been obstructed. This letter lists out the reasons which have kept me from pursuing my education at AUD. It’s be…
साइमन कमीशन का हिन्दुओं द्वारा विरोध का सच
30 मार्च, 1927 को हाउस ऑफ कॉमन्स में स्टेचुटरी कमीशन की नियुक्ति पर “लॉर्ड बर्केनहेड” के बयान पर ध्यान दीजिए –
“मुझे दलितों के मामलों में गौर करना है। भारत में दलितों की करोड़ों में जनसंख्या है।…
The Question of Caste – Excerpts from Charles Sumner’s 1869 Lecture
Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811 – March 11, 1874) was an American politician and United States Senator from Massachusetts. As an academic lawyer and a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the …
Watch Documentary – In the Name of The Mother
Watch this documentary that tries to find out the reasons behind the rise in cow- related violence in the country.
कलमकारों के क़त्ल पर रूह कुरेदती सूरज कुमार बौद्ध की कविता – कलम की आवाज़
नरेंद्र दाभोलकर, कलबुर्गी, पनसारे, और अब गौरी लंकेश। आए दिन अनेक लेखकों, पत्रकारों, कलमकारों को मौत की घाट उतार दिया गया। इन बेबाक आवाजों का गुनाह सिर्फ इतना है कि ये साम्प्रदायिक मानसिकता एवं फ़ासी…
मुझे भविष्य का समतामूलक समाज दिखाई दे रहा है – सूरज कुमार बौद्ध
देश को तथाकथित नजरिए से ही सही पर आजाद हुए 70 साल हो चुके हैं लेकिन भारत की बहुसंख्य आबादी आज भी दाने दाने को मोहताज है। भारत की गिनती आज भी भूखमरी से पीड़ित देशों में होती है। राष्ट्रभक्ति, देशभक्…
Right to Criticize the Government is Citizens’ Right
The Government is not above the people. In the democratic form of governance, those who govern are servants of those who are governed. So the Government in a democracy is the servant of the people….
Assassination of Gauri Lankesh – Silencing the Voice by Violence
In the battle between the pen (persuasion) and the sword (force), history had always sided with the pen. The sword can yield a short term gain which is unsustainable without the sword and sooner or…
Reliance Freebies – Creating Digital Capital and Controlling Digital Nation
Reliance Jio is perhaps the biggest “disruption” in the contemporary India which is seeing a series of “disruptions” in the governmental policies. If we rank the number of words according to their …
Interrogating the Savarna Self – Managing Casteism in the Grab of ‘Merit’
Reservations to thik hai, magar merit se compromise karna thik nahi
A friend of mine tells me about the implementation of reservation policy in educational institutes. A sensible person can read…